In memory of the United States astronauts
who gave their lives to open up a path for the rest of us to follow
into the Final Frontier

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling
mirth of sun-split clouds --
and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of --
wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.

Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along,
and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the windswept
heights with easy grace where never lark, or even eagle flew.

And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed
sanctity of space, put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

In memory of the astronauts of STS-107

In memory of the astronauts of STS-51L

In memory of the astronauts of Apollo 1

And in memory of all who have made the supreme sacrifice to further the exploration of space.

Godspeed to you all

Last Updated (sadly) on 01 February 2003 by StarWanderer

Background image: Columbia's liftoff on its maiden flight 12 April 1981