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Grammy winner Patti LaBelle singing "Way Up There," Tena Rix Clark's song originally written for NASA's Centennial of Flight observance in 2002, at the memorial service for the crew of the destroyed space shuttle orbiter Columbia's final mission, STS-107. The service took place at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, USA on 6 February 2003. The video intercuts scenes from the memorial with footage of the doomed astronauts before and on their final flight. I absolutely defy you to watch this and not bawl like a newborn, as I did. Publicly available online at www.NASA.gov.
IN MEMORY FOREVER HONORED:
Lt. Col. Michael Anderson, USAF, Payload Commander
Capt. David Brown, USN, Mission Specialist
Kalpana Chawla, PhD, Mission Specialist
Capt. Laurel Salton Clark, USN, Mission Specialist
Col. Richard "Rick" Husband, USAF, Mission Commander
Cmdr. William "Willie" McCool, USN, Mission Pilot
Col. Ilan Ramon, IAF, Payload Specialist and 1st Israeli national in space