A 30-year space shuttle tragedy where seven people were killed, the US president He recalled the commitment of going to Mars in the 2030s
WASHINGTON (AFP) .- The US space agency NASA on Thursday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger Space promising to keep the memory of the dead astronauts, at which reiterated the goal of going to Mars alive.
The tribute included placing wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in memory of the seven astronauts killed in the Challenger on January 28, 1986, as well as other space disasters.
“Space exploration is one of the harder efforts we undertake and from the Apollo 1 and Challenger Columbia, brave Americans have made the ultimate sacrifice in our quest to expand the boundaries and explore new frontiers, “he said President Barack Obama said in a statement on the commemoration of the Day I remember at NASA
“However, despite the dangers, we continue to reach for the stars,” he added. “From new partnerships with private industry to develop revolutionary inventions Americans go with them to the solar system and eventually to Mars, we continue our journey of discovery,” Obama said
Shortly after arriving. the White House in 2009, Obama canceled a NASA program to return to the moon, saying he preferred to channel these resources to an exploration of deep space and directed to send a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s mission.
The program of space shuttles was formally ended in 2011 after three decades of carrying astronauts to orbit the Earth. His end left the United States without vehicles for manned space travel.
Since then, the astronauts of the world have had to travel to the International Space Station on Russian Soyuz capsules, while private companies Boeing and SpaceX develop their spacecraft for use from 2017 and NASA focuses on building your ship Orion deep space.
Seven astronauts, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would be the first to teach at the space, died in the Challenger disaster, the shuttle that exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.
The cause was a leak in one of the booster rockets, NASA said. The other big ferries accident occurred on February 1, 2003. Seven crew members died when Columbia disintegrated while re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
NASA said after a piece of foam that broke off an external tank during launch and he caused a hole in a wing of the ferry caused the accident, which occurred 16 minutes before landing.
NASA also honors the three men who died in the launch pad of Apollo 1 in 1927, before the United States reached the moon.
“On this solemn occasion, we pause to remember in our normal routine,” said the head of NASA, Charles Bolden, who also recalled the loss of Mike Adams, who died in 1967 on a rocket-powered supersonic aircraft and others who perished in “test flights and aeronautics research throughout our history.”
“When we undertake our journey to Mars, they will go with US. They will have our eternal respect, love and gratitude, “he said.
Tributes NASA on Thursday included a ceremony laying wreaths at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.
NASA also scheduled ceremonies at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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