Columbia Crew’s Names Added to Memorial
Remembered as seven brave explorers, the Columbia astronauts were honored at Cape Canaveral with the unveiling of their names carved into the national Space Mirror Memorial, just six miles from where they rocketed into orbit nine months ago.
Covering two panels on the striking monument, which resembles a giant mirror, their names joined those of 17 other astronauts who died doing their jobs.
Filling the front row of chairs were the immediate families of Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool and Ilan Ramon.
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