NASA Day of Remembrance Scheduled Jan. 27“A Day of Remembrance observance honoring those members of the NASA Family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery […]
Columbia
A Distant Memorial
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 (HMP) has established seven astronaut […]
Looking Back
Challenger – A Flight Surgeon Remembers, Dr. Sanity“On January 28, 1986, I was at Cape Canaveral in Florida. As a NASA Flight Surgeon, I had been assigned as the Crew […]
Lessons Forgotten?
Deadly space lessons go unheeded, MSNBC“NASA prefers to literally bury the wreckage in underground concrete crypts, to shove the investigation reports onto another bookshelf, and to allocate one day per […]
A New Columbia Memorial
On 30 October 2004 President Bush signed into law H.J.RES.57 “Expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of the contributions of the seven Columbia astronauts by supporting establishment of […]
Columbia Debris Found
16 September 2004: Large piece of shuttle found in Newton County , Luftin Daily News“A large piece of space shuttle Columbia debris found recently is a part of the crew […]
Earlier 2004 Entries
June 2004: Beyond the Widget: Columbia Accident Lessons Affirmed, Brig Gen Duane W. Deal, USAF, Air & Space Power “The lessons gleaned from these and other prominent accidents and disasters, […]
December 2003
11 December 2003: Letter to NASA Administrator from NASA OIG Regarding Proposed Options for Implementation of CAIB Recommendations 7.5-1 and 7.5-2 “… While it may be that such organizations could […]
November 2003
11 November 2003: Presentations and instructions given to NASA employees regarding NASA Safety and Mission Success Week Editor’s note: Contains links to download presentations and reference materials for NASA employees […]
October 2003
28 October 2003: NASA’s Hushed Debate, editorial, Washington Post 5 November 2003: An Open Debate at NASA, Letter to the Editor, Sean O’Keefe, Washington Post “Instead of treating this as […]
