"Mission complete Houston"

[steinjr]

Fantastic and yet bittersweet at the same time. I'm going to miss watching those birds take off.

Me too. Despite the Challenger and Columbia accidents, it has been a good program.

Here is to the memory of the 14 brave men and women who perished aboard those two lost shuttles:

1996-01-28: STS-51 - Challenger
(left to right, rear row first)
Ellison Onizuka
Christa McAuliffe
Greg Jarvis
Judith Resnik
Michael J. Smith
Dick Scobee
Ronald McNair


2003-02-01: STS-107 - Columbia
(left to right)
David M. Brown
Rick D. Husband
Laurel B. Clark
Kalpana Chawla
Michael P. Anderson
William McCool
Ilan Ramon



Per Aspera Ad Astra!

Stein