Whatistime

A Time to Remember

During a pre-flight test for what was to be the first manned Apollo Mission,a fire claimed the lives of three U.S Astronauts.
Gus Grissom
Ed Whitehead
Roger Chaffee.
After the disaster the Mission was officially destinated Apollo 1.

JANUARY 27th 1967

"Challenger,the second orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center,was named after an American Naval research vessel that sailed during the 1870's.The Apollo 17 lunar module also carried the name of Challenger-Challenger joined the navy fleet of reusable winged spaceships in July 1982.It flew nine successful Space Shuttle Missions.The challenger and its seven- member crew were lost 73 seconds after launch when a booster failure resulted in the breakup of the vehicle

January 28th 1986

Mission: Space Research
Shuttle:Columbia
Launch Pad:39A
Launch date:
January 16th 2003

Columbia and seven-member crew lost during reentry
16 minutes before landing time

February 1st 2003

There is a light that shines beyond all things on Earth,
beyond us all,
beyond the heavens,
beyond the highest,
the very highest heavens.
This is the light that shines in our heart.
-- Chandogya Upanishad 3.13.7

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through.
Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to LOVE...
and then we return home.
-- Aborigine philosophy

Hold fast to your memories,
to all of the cherished moments
of the past,to the blessings and the laughter,the joys and the celebrations,
the sorrow and the tears.They all add up to a treasure of fond yesterdays
that you shared and spent together,
and they keep the one you loved
close to you in spirit and thought.

The special moments
and memories in your life
will never change.
They will always be in your heart,
today and forevermore.
-Linda E. Knight