Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial Dedication

Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial Dedication NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe presided at the dedication ceremony of a memorial to the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony, which was one year and one day after the accident which claimed the lives of the seven STS-107 crew members, began with music, the presentation of colors, the national anthems of the United States and Israel, and an invocation. The ceremony closed with a benediction and musical performances from the U.S. Navy Band, the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants and Patti LaBelle, who sang her Grammy-nominated song “Way Up There” which she originally performed the at the Columbia memorial at the National Cathedral. close