Tower General Contractors was recently awarded the contract to build the Columbia Memorial Space Science & Learning Center in Downey CA. The project will commemorate the space shuttle, which, on February 1, 2003, made an uncontrolled reentry to the earth’s atmosphere. The seven crew members lost their lives, including: Rick D. Husband, Commander; William C. McCool, Pilot; Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander; David M. Brown, Mission Specialist 1; Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2; Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Mission Specialist 4; and Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist.
In October, 2004, both Houses of Congress passed a resolution (Public Law No: 108-391)
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