Remembering

Columbia: Thinking Back – Looking Ahead, Excerpt from “New Moon Rising”, by Frank Sietzen, Jr. and Keith Cowing
“At the end of the event, Rona Ramon, Ilan’s widow, spoke last. Steeling her emotions with grace and clarity, she spoke elegantly and briefly. She thanked all for coming. And then she talked of her husband, and the flight of the lost shuttle. “Our mission in space is not over” she told the hushed audience. “He was the first Israeli in space — that means there will be more.”
Israel explores possibility of sending another astronaut to space, Jerusalem Post
“Eleven years after tragic loss of Colonel Ilan Ramon in Columbia shuttle disaster, the Israel Space Agency is in contact with the US, European, Russian and Chinese space agencies about the possibility of their dispatching an Israeli astronaut for a few weeks’ stay on the International Space Station.”
Scott Parazynski: Still on Cloud 10 (on the summit of Mt. Everest)
“I tied off a pair of flags I’d made to honor astronauts and cosmonauts who had perished in the line of duty (Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11), as I could think of no finer place on Earth to hang them. In the coming days, weeks, months and years, like their Tibetan prayer flag counterparts, they will weather under the wind, sun and snow, and slowly lift back up into the heavens.”
NASA Haughton-Mars Project Space Shuttle Columbia Inukshuk Memorials
“To honor the memory of the seven astronauts of Space Shuttle Columbia’s last flight the NASA Haughton-Mars Project has established seven astronaut memorial sites on Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, during the summer field seasons of 2003 and 2004. Each site was chosen for its special significance in the NASA HMP’s analog exploration program near Haughton Crater, and is marked by an Inukshuk, a traditional Inuit “Stone Person”. The Inuit erect Inukshuks to mark land and to guide and comfort travelers on perilous journeys across the Arctic.”
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 20 July 2003: Arctic Memorials and Starship Yearnings
“I asked Joe Amaraulik if anyone had ever figured out how long these structures would last. He said he wasn’t sure if they had been dated but that there were some that had been in place for many centuries. As for how long this one, which we had just built, would last, Joe (a man of few, but well-chosen words) said “forever”. In other words – the next ice age.”
Challenger Center Commemorates Anniversary of Shuttle Tragedy
“Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Challenger Center) and its network of more than 40 Challenger Learning Centers around the globe will commemorate the anniversary of the Challenger tragedy as the organization continues its work to inspire, engage, and educate students around the world. The nonprofit organization was formed as a living tribute to the seven crew members lost on January 28, 1986.”