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Moving exhibit pays tribute to lost space shuttles’ crews

At Kennedy Space Center, pieces of wreckage are on display for first time

Astronaut Exhibit

PEERING IN  Windows look onto the lost lives of astronauts. Also on exhibit are fragments of the two destroyed space shuttles.

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By Mark Schrope

- More than 2 years ago

With the blessings of all 14 families of lost astronauts, a new memorial to the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters opened in June at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.