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hi I'm NASA Kennedy's John Cowart and

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astronauts who gave their lives in

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pursuit of space exploration were

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remembered and honored during the

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Kennedy Space Center's Day of

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Remembrance hosted by the astronauts

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Memorial Foundation and the Kennedy

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Space Center Visitor Complex the

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observance pays tribute to the crew

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members of Apollo one space shuttle

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Challenger space shuttle Columbia and

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others who have perished on NASA

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missions or in training members of the

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Fallen astronauts families and some

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former astronauts gathered to pay their

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respects alongside Kennedy employees

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held at the center's Visitor Complex the

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observance included a wreath laying

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ceremony at the space mirror Memorial

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which was placed by Center Director Bob

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Cabana Kennedy deputy director Janet

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Petro Kennedy associate director Kelvin

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Manning and thaad Altman president and

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chief executive officer of the AMF

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cabana and Altman were among those who

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spoke at the ceremony Cabana reflected

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on the past and touched on the

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importance of continued space

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exploration many names on that mirror

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were close friends - but all right

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and what they did just Mace's wanna

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press on and go even further the agency

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is now targeting March 2nd for launch of

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SpaceX's crewed dragon on its uncrewed

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demo1 test flight the uncrewed test

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flight will be the first time a

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commercially built and operated American

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spacecraft designed for humans will dock

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to the International Space Station and

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ultimately acts as a dress rehearsal for

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missions with astronauts aboard to meet

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NASA's requirements spacex must first

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demonstrate their systems are ready to

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begin regular flights to the space

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station after the uncrewed flight test

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SpaceX will complete a flight test with

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crew before becoming certified by NASA

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for crew rotation missions