It was 9 years ago today, that the shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry, minutes away from its scheduled landing.
Lost that day, (as pictured above, L to R) were: David M. Brown, Rick D. Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William C. McCool, and Ilan Ramon.
Today, we remember the crew of STS-107 and thank them for their service.