NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration
20 Jan 2026, 23:17 GMT
By Jennifer M. Dooren
Topic: NASA Headquarters
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-day-of-remembrance-honors-fallen-heroes-of-exploration-2/
NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, which includes commemorating the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The event is traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of January, as all three astronaut accidents happened around the end of the month. “On NASA’s Day