https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/67730b2e-2c87-4a7b-b9f0-1324680ec79f [FULL VERSION] This annual Astronaut Memorial Ceremony for the 17 crew members of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia who perished in America’s space program is sponsored by the City of Titusville Flag & Memorial Committee and the American Space Museum. This year's ceremony took place Saturday, Jan 29, 2022, at Sand Point Park in Titusville, Florida, with a keynote address by astronaut Winston Scott* This patriotic and reverent ceremony honors the lives and sacrifice made by these pioneers of NASA’s manned space program. It includes a keynote address, patriotic songs, a host of city and county dignitaries, participation from the Knights of Columbus, the Civil Air Patrol, a 21-gun salute and placement of flowers on the 17 plaques at the park honoring the fallen space travelers. The Titusville Garden Club provides the flowers for this ceremony. Those being remembered and the day they gave their ultimate sacrifice for America are… Apollo 1, Jan. 27, 1967: Commander Virgil “Gus” Grissom a Mercury and Gemini veteran, Ed White, the first American to walk in space, and Roger Chaffee; Challenger STS-51L, Jan. 28, 1986: Commander Dick Scobee, Pilot Mike Smith, Mission specialists Judy Resnick, Ellison Onizuka, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and first true civilian and teacher in space Christa McAuliffe; Columbia STS-107, Feb. 1, 2003: Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willi of Israel. ======= Winston Scott was a mission specialist testing spacesuits and spacewalking techniques on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-72 on Endeavor in 1996 and STS-87 on Columbia in 1997. He has spent 24 days in space, including three spacewalks totaling 20 hours. Scott, 71, has been a leader in education and the civil rights movement, and is special assistant to the president at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. He is an accomplished jazz trumpet player, frequently playing with a local band., Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/3hp1QaUCNJA Original channel: American Space Museum Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:46:40 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/67730b2e-2c87-4a7b-b9f0-1324680ec79f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.