NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. astronomy.com Submitted by clayt6 t3_10m450d on January 26, 2023 at 10:12 PM in space 108 comments 12,645
CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_j63dn41 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 12:50 PM Didn’t the Challenger go down on the 28th of January? Permalink 5 peter303_ t1_j644bvg wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:06 PM The three accidents happened within a few calendar days of each other: Apollo 1 Jan 27, Challenger Jan 28, Columbia Feb 1. So I presume they chose a neutral day just before the first one for a week of remembrance. Permalink Parent 9 [deleted] t1_j689w6z wrote on January 28, 2023 at 1:16 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
peter303_ t1_j644bvg wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:06 PM The three accidents happened within a few calendar days of each other: Apollo 1 Jan 27, Challenger Jan 28, Columbia Feb 1. So I presume they chose a neutral day just before the first one for a week of remembrance. Permalink Parent 9 [deleted] t1_j689w6z wrote on January 28, 2023 at 1:16 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
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