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From: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Date: January 30, 2014 8:04:13 AM CST
To: "Moon, Larry J. (JSC-EA411)" <larry.j.moon@nasa.gov>
Subject: FW: JSC Special: Today is the Day of Remembrance & Fullerton Tree Planting

 

 

From: JSC Today [mailto:jsc-jsctoday@mail.nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:01 AM
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Subject: JSC Special: Today is the Day of Remembrance & Fullerton Tree Planting

 

 

 

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JSC Special: Today is the Day of Remembrance & Fullerton Tree Planting Today, Jan. 30, NASA commemorates the men and women lost in the agency's space exploration program by celebrating their lives, their bravery and advancements in human spaceflight. All employees are encouraged to observe a moment of silence at their workplace or the commemorative tree grove located behind and adjacent to Building 110 to remember our friends and colleagues.    At 10 a.m., we will honor the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia. Following will be a tree-planting ceremony for C. Gordon "Gordo" Fullerton, former NASA astronaut. A T-38 flyover is planned during the remembrance in the grove as tribute to the heroes who lost their lives serving our nation's great space program.   These astronauts and their families will always be a part of the NASA family, and we will continue to honor their contributions. Our Day of Remembrance commemorates not only the men and women lost in NASA's space exploration program and their courage, but celebrates human space exploration since then.   Apollo 1 (Jan. 27, 1967): Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward H. White Jr.   Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986): Astronauts Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Judith A. Resnik, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Gregory B. Jarvis and S. Christa McAuliffe   Columbia (Feb. 1, 2003): Astronauts Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel B. Clark and Ilan Ramon   C. Gordon "Gordo" Fullerton (Aug. 21, 2013): Fullerton, a U.S. Air Force test pilot and later NASA astronaut, logged more than 16,000 of flight time in 135 different types of aircraft. As an astronaut, he accumulated 382 hours in space. Fullerton served on the support crews for the Apollo 14, 15, 16 and 17 lunar missions. In 1977, he was assigned to one of the two flight crews that piloted the space shuttle prototype Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Test Program. Fullerton was pilot of STS-3 and capped off his spaceflight experience as the commander of the STS-51F Spacelab 2 mission.   Event Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014   Event Start Time:10:00 AM   Event End Time:11:30 AM Event Location: Memorial Tree Grove, adjacent to Building 110 Add to Calendar Point of contact: JSC External Relations, Office of Communications and Public Affairs, x35111

 

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