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NASA honors 3 fallen astronaut crews on Day of Remembrance

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NASA honors 3 fallen astronaut crews on Day of Remembrance

NASA held its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday for astronauts who have died during the exploration of space -- which this year falls on the 35th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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Report: 2003 Columbia crash not survivable

The crew aboard the space shuttle Columbia could not have survived its re-entry accident in 2003, a U.S. space agency report released Tuesday indicated.

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The U.S. space agency will televise the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's remembrance service honoring space shuttle Columbia's STS-107 crew.

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Fourth shuttle spacewalk not needed

A fourth space walk to fix a thermal blanket near shuttle Discovery's left window will not be needed, the crew was told by Mission Control in Houston Thursday.

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U.S. cable's Spike TV examines the rewards of being a father in a two-hour special "True Dads with Bruce Willis."

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Mars features to be named for shuttle crew

Seven hills on Mars will be named for the members of the last crew of the space shuttle Columbia, NASA announced Tuesday.

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Video shows calm crew preparing to land

Less than 10 minutes before their deaths, the astronauts aboard shuttle Columbia chatted breezily as they checked their spacesuits, put on their gloves and marveled at the flashes of light outside their windows as the spaceship encountered Earth's atmosph

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Bush: Columbia astronauts fulfilled dream

President George W. Bush paid tribute here Tuesday to the seven Columbia space shuttle astronauts killed as they attempted to return to Earth, saying they represented the human quest of discovery and exploration of the heavens.

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Seven space shuttle astronauts mourned

The nation mourned seven astronauts Sunday, one of them Israel's first person in space, all killed Saturday when something let pressures of supersonic re-entry rip apart the space shuttle Columbia in the upper atmosphere.

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We're incredibly lucky to be able to be working where we are up above the Earth and being able to see our planet from that vantage point
Columbia crew bio: Laurel Clark Feb 01, 2003

It was a very positive experience to work together and work through learning more about each other and our different strengths and weaknesses, and covering for each other
Feature: Outdoor rigors bonded astronauts Jan 17, 2003

Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Clark was born in Ames, Iowa, but considered Racine, Wisconsin to be her hometown. She is survived by her husband, fellow NASA flight surgeon Dr. Jonathan Clark (who was part of an official NASA panel that prepared the final 400-page report about the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), and son Iain Clark.

Clark was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She held an FCC issued Technician Class amateur radio license with the call sign KC5ZSU.

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