COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SERVICE SCHEDULED AT LOCAL STADIUM.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Hundreds of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley residents are expected to assemble Sunday at Lancaster Municipal Stadium at a memorial service for the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Columbia and its crew. The memorial service was planned because so many Antelope Valley residents worked on assembling, overhauling and modernizing the shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. and want to honor the seven astronauts who died on it, officials said. ``They are indeed true heroes,'' Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Patriotic music, speeches and a flyover by a jet are planned for the observance, which is still being organized, officials said. The observance is scheduled for for 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the stadium on Avenue I at the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . Lancaster city spokeswoman Anne Aldrich said planning began Monday for the memorial service. She said she is still waiting to hear from a number of officials on whether they can attend. The mayor noted the personal connection of many local residents to the shuttle fleet. He has toured the Air Force Plant 42 complex where the shuttles were built and serviced. ``It makes you feel kind of like you are part of it,'' Roberts said. |
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