Per non dimenticare i coraggiosi uomini e donne che hanno compiuto l'estremo sacrificio nel perseguimento dell'esplorazione spaziale. L'esplorazione dello spazio è un'avventura pericolosa. Queste persone erano coscienti dei rischi, ma credevano che i vantaggi derivanti dal loro lavoro, erano certamente superiori ai rischi che correvano. I nostri pensieri sono rivolti a  loro, ma soprattutto con le loro famiglie. 

APOLLO 1    

27 Gennaio 1967

Michael J. Smith Roger B. Chaffee
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II

Arlington National Cemetery - Washington

Lt. Col. Grissom and Lt. Cmdr. Chaffee were killed Jan. 27, 1967, in a fire aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The two men are buried next to one another and received full military honors. President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the flags to the next of kin.  Lt. Col. Edward H. White the third crew member killed in the fire, is buried at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.

Astronauts buried at Arlington National Cemetery:


Capt. Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., U.S. Navy, was interred July 19, 1999. Capt. Conrad died July 8 in Ojai Valley, Calif., from injuries incurred in a motorcycle accident. The third man to walk on the moon in the Nov. 14 to 24, 1969, Apollo 12 mission, which he commanded, Conrad was buried with full military honors, to include an F-14 aircraft flyover. (Section 11, site 113-3)

Col. Stuart A. Roosa, U.S. Air Force, was interred Dec. 15, 1994 with full military honors, including a flyover, following a 9:45 a.m. chapel mass. Col. Roosa was the pilot of the command ship on the Apollo 14 moon mission. (Section 7-A, site 73)

Col. James Benson Irwin, U.S. Air Force, was interred August 15, 1991. Col. Irwin, former Apollo 15 astronaut, died of a heart attack Aug. 8, 1991, in Glenwood Springs, Colo. He was buried with full Air Force honors. (Section 3, site 2503-G-2)

Col. Donn F. Eisele, U.S. Air Force, was interred Dec. 9, 1987. Col. Eisele, former Apollo 7 astronaut, died of a heart attack on Dec. 1, 1987, in Tokyo. He was buried with full Air Force Honors at 3 p.m., following a memorial service at the Fort Myer Post Chapel. (Section 3, site 2503-G-1)

Lt. Col. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, U.S. Air Force, was interred May 19, 1986. Lt. Col. Scobee was killed in the Jan. 28, 1986, explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. An Air Force full-honor memorial service was held at the Fort Myer Chapel. (Section 46, site 1129-4)

Capt. Michael J. Smith, U.S. Navy, was interred May 3, 1986. Capt. Smith was killed in the Jan. 28, 1986, explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. A Navy full-honor memorial service took place at the Fort Myer Chapel. (Section 7A, site 208-1)

Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee, U.S. Navy, was interred Jan. 31, 1967. (Section 3, site 2502-F)
Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, U.S. Air Force, was interred Jan. 31, 1967. (Section 3, site 2503-E)


Also buried at Arlington National Cemetery are the unidentified, commingled, partial remains of the seven astronauts who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger Jan. 28, 1986:

Capt. Michael J. Smith, U.S. Navy
Lt. Col. Francis R. Scobee, U.S. Air Force
Dr. Judith A. Resnik
Lt. Col. Ellison S. Onizuka, U.S. Air Force
Mr. Gregory B. Jarvis
Dr. Ronald E. McNair
Mrs. Sharon Christa McAuliffe
The seven Challenger astronauts are memorialized at Section 46, Grid O-24, near the Memorial Amphitheater.

Capt. David M. Brown, U.S. Navy, was interred March 12, 2003. (Section 46, site1180-3)
Capt. Laurel Blair Salton Clark, M.D., U.S. Navy, was interred March 10, 2003. (Section 46, site1180-2)
Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson, U.S. Air Force, was interred March 7, 2003. (Section 46, site 1180-1)

Brown, Clark and Anderson died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven crew members perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing. A memorial to the Columbia crew stands near their grave sites.

SOYUZ 1

24 Aprile 1967

Vladimir M. Komorov

SOYUZ 11

29 Giugno 1971

Georgy T. Dobrovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov

STS-51-L Challenger

28 Gennaio 1986

Gregory B. Jarvis
S. Christa McAuliffe
Ronald E. McNair
Ellison S. Onizuka
Judith A. Resnik
Francis R. Scobee

STS-107 Columbia

01 Febbraio 2003

Michael P. Anderson
David M. Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Laurel B. Clark
Rick D. Husband
William C. McCool
Ilan Ramon