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VideoFamilies, NASA honor fallen astronauts
On the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, crew families, friends and space workers gathered Thursday to remember the 17 men and women who lost their lives on the high frontier, 14 in two space shuttle disasters and three in an Apollo-era launch pad fire 49 years ago Wednesday.
VideoOTD…Jan. 28 and STS-51L
Today in 1986...Space shuttle Challenger and her seven astronaut crew were lost during launch.
VideoOTD…Oct. 23 and STS-120
#OTD in 2007...Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories
VideoOTD…Oct. 7 and STS-112
#OTD in 2002...Atlantis launched the outward expansion of the space station's truss backbone
VideoOTD…Sept. 30 and STS-68
#OTD in 1994...Endeavour launched on the second Space Radar Laboratory mission
VideoOTD…Sept. 25 and STS-86
#OTD in 1997...Atlantis launched on the seventh joint docking mission with Russia's space station Mir
VideoOTD…Aug. 18 and STS-68 abort
OTD in 1994...Endeavour experienced an on-pad abort due to a main engine problem during startup
VideoOTD…July 26 and STS-114
#OTD in 2005...Discovery launched on the first space shuttle mission after the Columbia tragedy