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Yesterday the 27th was the anniversary of the Apollo One capsule fire, today is the anniversary of the Challenger failure , and Sunday the 1st of Feb is the anniversary of the break up of Columbia.

First Verse from "The Phoenix" by Julia Ecklar

In a tower of flame on Test Pad Two, I was there.
I know not where they laid my bones: it could be anywhere.
But when fire and smoke had faded, the darkness left my sight...
And I found my soul in a spaceship's soul, riding home on a trail of light.