How wonderful to reach for the stars and touch them, even if, in the touching one becomes a flame.

TRUE PIONEERS

True space pioneers, they were, left to right, David M. Brown, Rick D. Husband, Laurel B. Clark,
Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William C. McCool, and Ilan Ramon.

Picture and caption courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day, 03 February 2003.