February 1, 2003
Rick D. Husband, Commander, 1957-2003
William C. McCool, Pilot, 1961-2003
Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander, 1959-2003
David M. Brown, Mission Specialist, 1956-2003
Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist, 1961-2003
Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist, 1961-2003
Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist, 1955-2003
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, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept 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.
-- John Gillespie Magee
