This week marks three sad anniversaries in the US Space Program. Forty years ago, January 27, 1967, a fire on-board the Apollo 1 space capsule killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a test exercise.
January 28 marks the 21st anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and her crew of 7 just 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Center. February 1 will be 4 years since the loss of the Shuttle Columbia, the first shuttle to fly, and her crew of 7.
From the Astronaut Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center
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