Remember

This is the Spaceflight Memorial Patch that NASA has created as a way to memorialize the lost crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia.  Brave heroes all, all lives lost in pursuit of Space Exploration.  We enter an odd time on the calendar, the Apollo 1 crew was lost on the launchpad on January 27, Challenger on January 28, and Columbia was lost February 1. Three grim anniversaries spread out over decades, yet all fall in the space of one week.

NASA has designated the 27th as an agency-wide Day of Remembrance, and will also include the crews of Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11 in their memorials.

The Deep Beam remembers.