Tag: remembrance

  • NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2025

    NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2025

    NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance pays tribute to all members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration and discovery, including test pilots, the Apollo 1 crew, and the crews of space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.

    On Jan. 23, 2025, we pause to honor their memory and reflect on the importance of maintaining a strong safety culture.

    Visit our Day of Remembrance tribute page: https://nasa.gov/dor

    Producers: Sonnet Apple
    Music: Universal Production
    Music Credit: NASA

    Download: https://go.nasa.gov/4ar5psR

  • NASA Day of Remembrance 2024 – Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

    NASA Day of Remembrance 2024 – Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

    NASA remembers the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger STS-51L, and Columbia STS-107 during the agency’s Day of Remembrance on Jan. 25, 2024.

    Our annual Day of Remembrance honors all members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. We pause to honor them and reflect on maintaining a strong safety culture.

    Visit our Day of Remembrance tribute page: https://nasa.gov/dor

    Producers: Shane Apple, Eric Galler, Haley Reed
    Music: Universal Production Music

    Credit: NASA

  • NASA Day of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery

    NASA Day of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery

    On Thursday, Jan. 28, wreaths were laid at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in memory of the fallen astronauts of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and other members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. A limited number of senior agency officials and others from NASA Headquarters joined family members for the small family gathering on the annual Day of Remembrance.

    https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dor2021/

    Producer Credit: Amy Leniart & Sonnet Apple

  • NASA’s Day of Remembrance

    NASA’s Day of Remembrance

    On January 31, 2017, NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance to commemorate the crews of Apollo 1, and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other members of the NASA family who lost their lives furthering the cause of exploration. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the accidental fire, that occurred inside an Apollo spacecraft on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, that tragically claimed the lives of Apollo 1 astronauts, Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee.

  • NASA Day of Remembrance

    NASA Day of Remembrance

    January 28th 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the loss of Space Shuttle Challenger. NASA Day of Remembrance commemorates the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia; along with all the members of its family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.

  • NASA Heroes Remembered

    NASA Heroes Remembered

    A wreath-laying ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is one of many tributes to NASAs fallen heroes on this Day of Remembrance.