remembering two space moms who gave their lives for the exploration of the universe and the discovery of its truths.
you will never be forgotten.
rest in peace, S. Christa McAuliffe and Laurel Blair Salton Clark.
Posts tagged NASA
50 years ago today John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
Although the mission only lasted 4hours 55minutes 23seconds and only 3 orbits around our planet, it was a major step forward in America’s infant space program. We were no longer jumping like a flea off of a dog, we were leaving our home completely.
To many of us, the mission of Friendship 7 represents more than just “Godspeed John Glenn!”, but it embodies that can-do spirit of the Mercury Seven astronauts, that overpowering drive to go beyond what human capability says we should let ourselves do and the rejection of our often crippling fear of the unknown.
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Remembering the crew of Mission STS-107, Columbia’s last trip to the stars. ♥
“The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.”
—President George W. Bush, Feb. 1, 2003
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On Columbia Anniversary, NASA Remembers Sacrifices ›
There’s virtually no news about this today, so here’s an article from February 1, 2011.
“NASA Chief Historian Bill Barry has three days he remembers because he has to, not because he wants to.
Feb. 1, 2003, Jan. 28, 1986 and Jan. 27, 1967 are three days that will live in his head for the rest of his life. On those dates astronauts from the space shuttle Columbia, space shuttle Challenger and Apollo 1 died in the line of duty.”
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as wine is to friends,
carried through lifetimes,
and spilled now and then.
I am a small-town girl
Living in a lonely world.
Je adore God, movies, music, writing, singing, drawing, Ratatouille, dragons, Alfredo Linguini, the world of Narnia, and food.
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this was so adorable i wanted to cry
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