NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency’s Day of Remembrance observance on Thursday, Jan. 26.
Media and the general public are invited to a wreath-laying at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Kennedy Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana will take part in the ceremony.
NASA’s Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.
Media interested in covering the service should contact Andrea Farmer at 321-449-4318 or John Kennedy at 321-449-4273.
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will provide flowers for visitors in the morning to place at the memorial. For more information, please call 321-449-4400.
Kennedy contractors and civil servants will be allowed access to the Space Mirror Memorial throughout the day to pay their respects.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, a private, not-for-profit organization, built and maintains the Space Mirror Memorial. It was dedicated in 1991 to honor all astronauts who lost their lives on missions or during training and since has been designated a National Memorial by Congress.
Images of the service will be available in Kennedy’s Media Gallery online at: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov
Video of the service will air on NASA Television’s Video File segment. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For information about NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy
