To the astronauts...

[saturn]

I call myself Saturn. And it is because of you. And the vision of those before you.

You excel.
You achieve.
You inspire.

You reach for the stars expanding the potential of all men and women.

You are heroes and, in your honor and memory, we will continue to dream and fly forward.

Today, my thoughts are with all of the men and women of NASA who died in an attempt to reach beyond the confines of Earth and explore the unknown:

Gus Grissom- Apollo 1 fire
Ed White- Apollo 1 fire
Roger Chaffee- Apollo 1 fire
Ronald McNair- Challenger explosion
Ellison Onizuka- Challenger explosion
Judith Resnik- Challenger explosion
Francis Scobee- Challenger explosion
Michael Smith- Challenger explosion
Christa McAuliffe- Challenger explosion
Gregory Jarvis- Challenger explosion
Michael Anderson- Columbia explosion
David Brown- Columbia explosion
Kalpana Chalwa- Columbia explosion
Lauren Clark- Columbia explosion
Rick Husband- Columbia explosion
William McCool- Columbia explosion
Ilan Ramon- Columbia explosion

May your memory be for a blessing.