NASA has an agency-wide Day of Remembrance every January to pause and reflect on the tragic loss of the crews of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and all of those who have given their lives in the cause of exploration.
The nation will never forget Jan. 28, 1986, nor its indelible images. On this solemn day, we join the NASA family and all Americans in honoring the brave men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. We honor their memory by dedicating ourselves to a better tomorrow.
Giving blood is making a small sacrifice. The men and women who lost their lives in the name of space exploration helped get us to this day, and it is our duty to honor them the way they would have wanted to be honored – by focusing our sights on the next horizon, and inspiring the next generation of explorers as we venture farther into space than we have ever gone before
