Did you realize that this week is not a good week for astronauts?
Let me tell you a little story here...
January 27, 1967
Apollo 1
One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. They were training for the first crewed Apollo flight, an Earth orbiting mission scheduled to be launched on 21 February. They were taking part in a "plugs-out" test, in which the Command Module was mounted on the Saturn 1B on the launch pad just as it would be for the actual launch, but the Saturn 1B was not fueled. The plan was to go through an entire countdown sequence.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html)
January 28, 1986
Challenger
Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart in jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.
More than 200 people joined a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center to honor Scobee, pilot Mike Smith, astronauts Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnik, Ron McNair and Greg Jarvis, and teacher Christa McAuliffe.
(http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/01/28/challenger.at.20.ap/)
February 1, 2003
Columbia
World leaders have expressed shock and sadness after the space shuttle Columbia broke up high in the atmosphere on Saturday as it attempted re-entry at the end of its two-week mission.
All seven crewmembers aboard the doomed shuttle were killed -- six Americans (including Indian-born woman Kalpana Chawla) and an Israeli.
[Rick D. Husband, Commander; William C. McCool, Pilot; Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander; David M. Brown, Mission Specialist 1; Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2; Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Mission Specialist 4; lan Ramon, Payload Specialist 1 (Son of a Holocaust survivor, Israel Air Force Colonel Ilan Ramon was that nation's first astronaut.)]
(http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/02/01/shuttle.columbia/)
We should remember these brave people who perished in all these - their dream still goes on.
Let me tell you a little story here...
January 27, 1967
Apollo 1
One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. They were training for the first crewed Apollo flight, an Earth orbiting mission scheduled to be launched on 21 February. They were taking part in a "plugs-out" test, in which the Command Module was mounted on the Saturn 1B on the launch pad just as it would be for the actual launch, but the Saturn 1B was not fueled. The plan was to go through an entire countdown sequence.
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html)
January 28, 1986
Challenger
Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart in jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.
More than 200 people joined a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center to honor Scobee, pilot Mike Smith, astronauts Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnik, Ron McNair and Greg Jarvis, and teacher Christa McAuliffe.
(http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/01/28/challenger.at.20.ap/)
February 1, 2003
Columbia
World leaders have expressed shock and sadness after the space shuttle Columbia broke up high in the atmosphere on Saturday as it attempted re-entry at the end of its two-week mission.
All seven crewmembers aboard the doomed shuttle were killed -- six Americans (including Indian-born woman Kalpana Chawla) and an Israeli.
[Rick D. Husband, Commander; William C. McCool, Pilot; Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander; David M. Brown, Mission Specialist 1; Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2; Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Mission Specialist 4; lan Ramon, Payload Specialist 1 (Son of a Holocaust survivor, Israel Air Force Colonel Ilan Ramon was that nation's first astronaut.)]
(http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/02/01/shuttle.columbia/)
We should remember these brave people who perished in all these - their dream still goes on.
