Karen Bassett Stephenson reflected on the loss of her father while standing before the Space Mirror Memorial bearing his name.
The daughter of Charles Bassett, an astronaut who was killed in a 1966 jet crash while preparing to launch on a Gemini mission, Stephenson joined several other fallen astronauts' family members to observe NASA's Day of Remembrance at the Florida monument on Thursday (Jan. 25).
"The Mirror is so much more than polished stone and steel. It also represents the things which we can only hold in our hearts," said Stephenson. "In the Mirror's reflection, beyond the names of those we love so dearly, we can see courage and curiosity, hope, fear, grief, loss, love and extraordinary pride."
