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Columbia exploded over Texas 7 years ago.

Still thinking about the crew...
Commander: Rick D. Husband, a U.S. Air Force colonel and mechanical engineer, who piloted a previous shuttle during the first docking with the International Space Station (STS-96).
Pilot: William C. McCool, a U.S. Navy commander
Payload Commander: Michael P. Anderson, a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and physicist who was in charge of the science mission.
Payload Specialist: Ilan Ramon, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force and the first Israeli astronaut.
Mission Specialist: Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-born aerospace engineer on her second space mission.
Mission Specialist: David M. Brown, a U.S. Navy captain trained as an aviator and flight surgeon. Brown worked on a number of scientific experiments.
Mission Specialist: Laurel Clark, a U.S. Navy captain and flight surgeon. Clark worked on a number of biological experiments

Sail on, heroes.

I was awake standing on my balcony hoping to see it fly overhead with the TV on in my living room tuned in to one of the Dallas stations. I had it on a station that had a newscaster west of my location doing a live spot waiting for it to fly over from the west to east. I heard the explosion and my heart leapt up in my throat.

ph4ever wrote:I was awake standing on my balcony hoping to see it fly overhead with the TV on in my living room tuned in to one of the Dallas stations. I had it on a station that had a newscaster west of my location doing a live spot waiting for it to fly over from the west to east. I heard the explosion and my heart leapt up in my throat.

How awful for you
I can't imagine....

springparrot wrote:

ph4ever wrote:I was awake standing on my balcony hoping to see it fly overhead with the TV on in my living room tuned in to one of the Dallas stations. I had it on a station that had a newscaster west of my location doing a live spot waiting for it to fly over from the west to east. I heard the explosion and my heart leapt up in my throat.

How awful for you
I can't imagine....

I called and woke Steven's dad up screaming for him to get Steven up that the shuttle just blew up. He asked how I knew and I said "2 reasons I effeing heard it and it's on the effeing news GET UP"

I was packing the car getting ready to make the 3 hour drive to Atlanta for the Buffett show that night when my grandmother called and told me to turn on the TV. I watched some of the coverage as I was finishing my packing. Jimmy did a great job that night; he came out before the show and dedicated the show to those who were killed.

Gypsy In The Palace wrote:I was packing the car getting ready to make the 3 hour drive to Atlanta for the Buffett show that night when my grandmother called and told me to turn on the TV. I watched some of the coverage as I was finishing my packing. Jimmy did a great job that night; he came out before the show and dedicated the show to those who were killed.

We were heading East from Texas to the show in Columbia, SC. It was a very memorable trip.

(And January 28, 1986 was the day we lost the Challenger. I remember being home sick with the flu that day.)

many thoughts and prayers going to the friends and family of the crew today!

God bless our heroes.....

I was driving to a morning basketball game when I heard the news. It was bright and sunny... it's hard to believe when tragedies like that happen....

I also remember Challenger in '86. Standing in the high school hallway when I heard the news....

Sail on, and our prayers for the families....