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Astronauts Day Observed by United States Type Day of remembrance of NASA astronauts Date Last Friday in January 2023 date January 27 (2023-01-27 ) 2024 date January 26 (2024-01-26 ) 2025 date January 31 (2025-01-31 ) 2026 date January 30 (2026-01-30 )
Astronauts Day is an American holiday, dedicated to NASA astronauts and their achievements. It is a "floating" holiday, observed on the last Friday of January.
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This date was chosen[citation needed to commemorate a number of space-related disasters which took place around this time, including the 27 January 1967 deaths of Command Pilot Virgil Grissom , Senior Pilot Edward Higgins White , and Pilot Roger Chaffee aboard Apollo 1 ,[1] Space Shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986,[2] Space Shuttle Columbia on 1 February 2003.[3]
Observants of this holiday are asked to light a candle in their window, reflect on the sacrifices astronauts have made, and re-dedicate themselves to a personal dream or goal of their own, a reference to a quote from Alan Shepard . While stuck in his suit for hours during a space mission, enduring technical delays, his patience gave out and he said "Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle!"[4]
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References [ edit ]
^ Warnock, Lynda. "NASA - STS-107" . Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2016-12-17 .
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