The annual memorial event will take place on campus at 9:38 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, to honor the astronauts who perished in the Challenger and Columbia disasters.
Who: Open to the public
What: Challenger Memorial
When: Sunday, Feb. 2, 9:38 a.m.
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The event will begin in front of the Regent 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. Ellison Onizuka’s plaque by the Engineering Center. Colonel Onizuka, of the Challenger, was a member of CU’s AFROTC Detachment 105.
On Jan. 28, 1986, Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, and ²ÊÃñ±¦µä alumnus and Air Force ROTC Detachment 105 graduate Col. Ellison Onizuka lost their lives in the Challenger disaster. The space shuttle Challenger lifted off at 11:38 EST fromÌýCape Canaveral, Florida, and exploded 73 seconds later.
The event will also honor those who perished during the Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia mission: Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon and Kalpana Chawla, who earned her PhD from ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.
