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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Monday, January 26, 2004 ::
Fallen Heroes
The next week marks the anniversaries of every American spaceflight tragedy:
37 years ago tomorrow, Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee were killed in the Apollo 1 pad fire during ground tests for their upcoming mission.
18 years ago Wednesday, Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnick, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair, Greg Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe were killed during the 51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger when the Shuttle was lost 72 seconds into flight.