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[Assignment: 48-DPA-11-11-07_SOI_K_NPS_VVM] Veterans Day ceremony [and aftermath] at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [delivered the opening remarks, and joined participating dignitaries...] [48-DPA-11-11-07_SOI_K_NPS_VVM_IOD_7147.JPG]
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[Assignment: 48-DPA-11-11-07_SOI_K_NPS_VVM] Veterans Day ceremony [and aftermath] at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [delivered the opening remarks, and joined participating dignitaries...] [48-DPA-11-11-07_SOI_K_NPS_VVM_IOD_7139.JPG]
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[Assignment: 48-DPA-11-11-07_SOI_K_NPS_VVM] Veterans Day ceremony [and aftermath] at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [delivered the opening remarks, and joined participating dignitaries...] [48-DPA-11-11-07_SOI_K_NPS_VVM_IOD_7148.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Korean_7-27-06] 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony [at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.], with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joining Vice President Dick Cheney and South Koreaa's Ambassador to the U.S., Lee Tae-Sik, among the dignitaries participating] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Korean_7-27-06_IOD_2629.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Korean_7-27-06] 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony [at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.], with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joining Vice President Dick Cheney and South Koreaa's Ambassador to the U.S., Lee Tae-Sik, among the dignitaries participating] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Korean_7-27-06_IOD_2630.JPG]
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of shuttle commander Rick Husband on mission STS-107, and her children place flowers at the memorial dedicated to the seven crew members of Columbia who were lost as they returned from the mission. Husband-Thompson participated in the special event held to honor NASA's fallen heroes in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0107
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a special commemorative service to honor NASA's fallen heroes, Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of shuttle commander Rick Husband on mission STS-107, shares her memories of the day the space shuttle Columbia was lost as it returned from the mission. Husband-Thompson stands in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0108
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a special commemorative service held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to honor NASA's fallen heroes, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin speaks to guests gathered at the Space Mirror Memorial. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0111
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a special commemorative service held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to honor NASA's fallen heroes, astronaut Eileen Collins speaks to guests gathered at the Space Mirror Memorial. Collins commanded the first shuttle mission following the Columbia accident, STS-114. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0110
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A visitor at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex photographs the special memorial for the seven crew members of Columbia who were lost as they returned from mission STS-107 in 2003. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0106
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight William Readdy (left) and Evelyn Husband, widow of astronaut Rick Husband, place a ceremonial wreath at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. During this dedication ceremony, the names of the STS-107 astronauts who lost their lives during the Columbia accident -- Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, and Ilan Ramon -- join the names of 17 other space heroes who gave their lives for the U.S. space program. The "Space Mirror," 42 1/2 feet high by 50 feet wide, illuminates the names of the fallen astronauts cut through the monument's black granite surface.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William Gerstenmaier; Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of Colonel Rick Husband, who died in the space shuttle Columbia accident; and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin pause in front of the flowers left in remembrance of the fallen heroes. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0112
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a special commemorative service held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to honor NASA's fallen heroes, Kennedy Center Director Bill Parsons speaks to guests gathered in front of the Space Mirror Memorial. Other participants seated on the dais are (from left) NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization G. Madhavan Nair; the 2007 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award winner Luther Richardson; Shuttle Commander and former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William Readdy; NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William Gerstenmaier; Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins of the Return to Flight mission, STS-114; Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of Colonel Rick Husband; and Astronauts Memorial Foundation President Stephen Feldman. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0109
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A wreath is suspended in front the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in memory of the fallen astronauts who passed away in their journeys of exploration. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0105
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of shuttle commander Rick Husband on mission STS-107, and her children pause in front of the memorial dedicated to the crew of Columbia who were lost as they returned from the mission. Husband-Thompson participated in the special event held to honor NASA's fallen heroes in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-08pd0113
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of shuttle commander Rick Husband on mission STS-107, and her children pause in front of the memorial dedicated to the crew of Columbia who were lost as they returned from the mission. Husband-Thompson participated in the special event held to honor NASA's fallen heroes in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Kennedy marked the NASA Day of Remembrance with special ceremonies. This year the crew of Columbia was remembered in a special way on the day that marked the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton
The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.
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