NASA Glenn Research Center's Visitor Center will pay tribute to those who have lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration on Thursday. Amongst those to be honored are the crews of Apollo, Challenger, and Columbia, as well as all other members of the NASA family that have died in the pursuit of knowledge.

A minute of silence of be observed at 12:59pm EST on Thursday January 29, 2009. Immediately following the moment of silence will be a presentation entitled "Space Heroes" given by Jeff Woytach of Glenn's Speakers Bureau. The presentation will be repeated again on Saturday, Feburary 7, 2009 at 1:30pm. There is also the astronaut memorial wall in the Visitor Center, which is available to view. Both presentations are free and open to the public.

The Visitor Center is open Monday-Friday 9am to 4pm, Saturday 10am to 3pm, and Sunday 1pm to 5pm, and is located at 21000 Brookpark Road. Adult visitors are required to present government issued photo ID. Access to the Visitor Center is limited to US citizens.