KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Space Memorial Mirror in the KSC Visitor Complex, visitors gather around dancers from the Shoshone-Bannock Native American community, Fort Hall, Idaho, who are performing a healing ceremony during the memorial service held for the crew of Columbia. Feb. 1 is the one-year anniversary of the loss of the crew and orbiter Columbia in a tragic accident as the ship returned to Earth following mission STS-107. Students and staff of the Shoshone-Bannock Nation had an experiment on board Columbia. The public was invited to the memorial service, held in the KSC Visitor Complex, which included comments by Center Director Jim Kennedy and Executive Director of Florida Space Authority Winston Scott. Scott is a former astronaut who flew on Columbia in 1997.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Space Memorial Mirror in the KSC Visitor Complex, visitors gather around dancers from the Shoshone-Bannock Native American community, Fort Hall, Idaho, who are performing a healing ceremony during the memorial service held for the crew of Columbia. Feb. 1 is the one-year anniversary of the loss of the crew and orbiter Columbia in a tragic accident as the ship returned to Earth following mission STS-107. Students and staff of the Shoshone-Bannock Nation had an experiment on board Columbia. The public was invited to the memorial service, held in the KSC Visitor Complex, which included comments by Center Director Jim Kennedy and Executive Director of Florida Space Authority Winston Scott. Scott is a former astronaut who flew on Columbia in 1997.
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