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Traveling into space is an astronaut's dream. However it's a dangerous occupation, both in the realization and in the training. A number of astronauts, almost all American or Russian, have paid the ultimate price for their dreams. Where are their memorials?

Astronauts – in Memoriam


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NASA – Day of Remembrance

Sheryl Chaffee, center, Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) Board of Directors chairperson. She is the daughter of astronaut Roger Chaffee, who died in Apollo 1 with Gus Grissom and Ed White. She is accompanied by NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, and Kennedy Space Director Janet Petro. They laid a wreath in front of the Space Mirror Memorial during the Day of Remembrance on Jan. 26, 2023, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The event honored the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of spaceflight. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Columbia tragedy. This year’s ceremony was hosted by the AMF, which was founded after the shuttle Challenger accident in 1986 to honor the sacrifices of fallen astronauts each year.

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Did you know there are artworks on the Moon? And "Moon Museum" hitched a ride attached to Apollo 12's lunar module. But the "Fallen Astronaut" statuette lies on the Moon's surface. Here's how it got there.

Art on the Moon - Fallen Astronaut


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Columbia Point is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,986-foot (4,263 m) is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) from the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, USA. Columbia Point is a subpeak of Kit Carson Mountain, known informally as Kat Carson. But it was officially named Columbia Point in 2003 to honor the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on February 1, 2003.

The USGS Board of Geographic Names approved the name of Columbia Point in June, 2003. On the weekend of August 7, 2003, a group consisting of family members, astronauts, friends and climbers installed a memorial plaque on the summit. The trip included a dedication service for the memorial, and an F16 flyby in missing man formation.

Today, we name a point in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Seven brave astronauts perished during her final mission on February 1, 2003. Columbia Point is an appropriate honor for this shuttle's last voyage. Those who explore space in the days ahead may gaze back at Earth - and know that Columbia Point is there to commend a noble mission. The point looks up to the heavens and it allows us, once again, to thank our heroes who soared far beyond the mountain, traveled past the sky -- and live on in our memories forever. —  Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton

The plaque reads:

COLUMBIA POINT, 13,980'
In Memory of the Crew of Shuttle Columbia
Seven who died accepting the risk,
Expanding humankind's horizons
February 1, 2003
"Mankind is led into the darkness beyond
our world by the inspiration of discovery
and the longing to understand. Our
journey into space will go on."


President George W. Bush

[Wikipedia]


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