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Topic: Shuttle memorial plaques near Pikes Peak
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LM-12
Member Posts: 4172
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-17-2025 07:41 AM
  
Near Pikes Peak in Colorado, there are two shuttle-related plaques: one atop Challenger Point (14,080 ft.) for the fallen STS-51L crew, and one atop Columbia Point (13,980 ft.) for the fallen STS-107 crew. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 55078
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-17-2025 07:45 AM
About the plaque on Challenger Point: Local climber Alan Silverstein organized and led an expedition on the weekend of July 18, 1987 to place a 6 by 12 inches (15 by 30 cm) memorial plaque on the summit.The plaque reads: CHALLENGER POINT, 14080+'
In Memory of the Crew of Shuttle Challenger
Seven who died accepting the risk,
expanding Mankind's horizons
January 28, 1986 Ad Astra Per Aspera Photo by Mike Mullane: About the plaque on Columbia Point: On the weekend of August 7, 2003, a group consisting of family members, astronauts, friends and climbers installed a memorial plaque on the summit. The plaque reads: COLUMBIA POINT, 13,980'
In Memory of the Crew of Shuttle Columbia
Seven who died accepting the risk,
Expanding humankind's horizons
February 1, 2003
"Mankind is led into the darkness beyond
our world by the inspiration of discovery
and the longing to understand. Our
journey into space will go on."
President George W. Bush Photo by Summit Post: |
LM-12
Member Posts: 4172
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-17-2025 09:52 AM
Astronaut Scott Parazynski was part of the team that installed the Columbia plaque. He also arranged for an F-16 missing-man formation flyby when the plaque was dedicated. The event was not publicized or covered by the media, as described in this article. | |
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