"...and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God"

“The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.” - President Ronald Reagan, January 28, 1986.

Above, the Challenger Memorial in Little Tokyo.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.