NASA Day of Remembrance is an annual United States observance honoring astronauts and personnel who died in Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger, and Space Shuttle Columbia missions. The archival image records a commemorative lei placement at the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on January 25, 2018, during formal remembrance proceedings connected to the Columbia disaster and astronaut William C. McCool.

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