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[b]NASA's Day of Remembrance[/b] Jan 26, 2017; 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Space Mirror Memorial [i]NASA's Kennedy Space Center will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the [URL=https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/events/events-calendar/2017/january/event-nasa-day-of-remembrance]NASA Day of Remembrance[/URL] Thursday, January 26. A presentation with guest speakers begins at 10 am in Astronaut Memorial Foundation's Center for Space Education, located inside the visitor complex. The formal program includes speakers, videos and montages of fallen astronauts who are honored on this day. The focus for this year’s ceremony is the Apollo 1 tragedy that happened 50 years ago this month. After the presentation, a memorial wreath will be placed by family members of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Edward White at the Space Mirror Memorial. Flowers will be distributed to all visitors so that they may also honor the fallen astronauts at the Space Mirror Memorial.[/i]
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