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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, chairman of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation board of directors, speaks during the Day of Remembrance ceremony. Partially visible to the right is Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of STS-107 commander Rick Husband. Space center employees and guests gathered at the Space Mirror Memorial at the spaceport's visitor complex for the annual event which took place on the 10th anniversary of the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew. The ceremony also honored the astronauts of Apollo 1 and the shuttle Challenger. Dedicated in 1991, the names of fallen astronauts are emblazoned the Space Mirror Memorial's 4.5-foot-high-by-50-foot-wide polished black granite surface which reflects the sky and has been designated by Congress as a National Memorial. Image credit: NASA Television