https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/849db727-a94b-4e11-bde8-53a3d7b2506d The annual public Astronaut Memorial Ceremony for the 17 crew members of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia who perished in America’s space program was held Sunday Jan. 26, 2025 at 1 pm, at Sand Point Park in Titusville, FL. Shuttle astronaut Andy Allen, who twice flew Columbia, was the keynote speaker.* The public was invited to attend this reverent and patriotic ceremony that honors the lives and sacrifice made by these pioneers of NASA’s manned space program. The ceremony includes a keynote address, patriotic songs, a host of city and county dignitaries, cadets of the Civil Air Patrol, a 21-gun salute and placement of flowers on the 17 plaques at the park honoring the fallen space travelers. 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: Rick D. Husband, William C. “Willie” McCool, David M. Brown, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson and Ilan Ramon. Keynote speaker, astronaut Andy Allen, is from Richboro, Pennsylvania and has 38 days in Earth orbit as Space Shuttle pilot or commander on three missions in the 1990s. Allen received his commission in the United States Marine Corps at Villanova University in 1977, and became a Top Gun aviator. Since 2006, he has been CEO and owner of Aerodyne Industries in Cape Canaveral, Florida., The annual remembrance is hosted by the City of Titusville Flag & Memorial Committee and the American Space Museum. The Titusville Garden Club provides the flowers for this honorable ceremony. Note: One song in the ceremony not included in video due to copyright concerns. HOST & PRODUCER: Mark Marquette (Director American Space Museum) CO-PRODUCER: Marty Winkel CAMERA & CONSOLE: Mike Renaldo EDITOR: Jessica Dumont IT Manager & TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Bruce Landon Jacobs COPYRIGHT: 2025 American Space Museum and U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation. Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/xNIuQA6SBUc Original channel: American Space Museum Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:45:07 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/849db727-a94b-4e11-bde8-53a3d7b2506d 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.