Manned Spaceflight Memorial - Columbia - Alamogordo, NM
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N 32° 55.238 W 105° 55.223
13S E 413942 N 3642864
Memorial at the Space Hall of Fame and Museum with a plaque honoring the seven astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Waymark Code: WM7QHX
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2009
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Located in the Astronaut Memorial Garden it is a tribute to the Columbia crew, Commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot William C. McCool, Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla Mission Specialist David M. Brown, Mission Specialist Laurel Clark. A simple obelisk with a bronze plaque with the names of the crew members of the mission, it is a sober reminder that the successes we had in space that are shown in the exhibits at the New Mexico Space Museum and Space Hall of Fame, came with a heavy human cost.
Memorial Obelisk
Plaque