The annual memorial event will take place on campus at 9:39Ìýa.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, to honor the astronauts who perished in the Challenger and Columbia disasters.
Who: Open to the public
What: Challenger Memorial
When: Sunday, Feb. 3, 9:39Ìýa.m.
Where: Regent Administrative Center
The event will beginÌýin front of theÌýRegent Administrative Center. Air Force ROTC cadets will be conducting a silent march from there to the Columbia and Challenger memorials in Kittredge and to Col.ÌýEllison Onizuka’s plaque by the Engineering Center. Onizuka, of the Challenger, was a member of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s AFROTC Detachment 105.
On Jan. 28, 1986, Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe,Ìýand ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder alumnus and Air Force ROTC Detachment 105 graduate Ellison Onizuka lost their lives in the Challenger disaster.Ìý
The event will alsoÌýhonorÌýthose who perished during the Feb. 1, 2003,Ìýspace shuttle Columbia mission: Rick D. Husband, William C McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Laurel Clark, Ilan RamonÌýand Kalpana Chawla,Ìýwho earned her PhD from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.Ìý
