Richard Par
Today is officially the day where NASA honors the fallen astronauts of Apollo 1, STS-51L and STS-107...who gave the ultimate sacrifice to further the cause of space exploration.
I took these photos during my two trips to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in early 2009 and last year—with the image above being of the Astronaut Memorial plaque that is dedicated to the crew of the three ill-fated missions mentioned at the top of this post, as well as other space pioneers who passed away.
The images below are of the wreckage recovered after the Challenger and Columbia disasters...and are now displayed inside a quiet room on the first floor of the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. If you ever visit Cape Canaveral, check out this memorial; you will definitely be filled with solemnity as you think about the two groups of men and women who risked their lives to expand our knowledge of the cosmos in 1986 and 2003, respectively.
Hopefully, I'll visit the Apollo 1 memorial in person some day. Ad astra.
Richard Par
Richard Par
Richard Par
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