A Chinese man reads a newspaper featuring photos of the crew of space shuttle Columbia, in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003. The main headline reads "They disappeared on the way home." China offered condolences but expressed hope that the tragedy would not shake mankind's desire to further explore space - a reflection of the country's own goal to send its first astronauts into orbit this year.
An unidentified woman looks at the flowers and candles placed near a photo of the space shuttle Columbia astronauts at Russia's mission control center, Korolyov, just outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. U.S. and Russian officials and space veterans gathered Monday for a solemn ceremony at Russia's mission control center, mourning the lost crew and pledging to continue cooperation in space.
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spoke from his office in Jerusalem with Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, left on the video screen holding a Torah scroll, during a half-hour live conversation from the Columbia. Sharon had invited the Columbia crew to visit Jerusalem after their trip. (In the background on the screen is Laurel Clark.)
With an image of the space shuttle Columbia astronauts showing on a TV in the foreground, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow, center, observes a minute of silence during a mourning ceremony at Russia's mission control center, Korolyov, just outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 3, 2003.
Flowers were placed Monday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, in honor of the Columbia crew. Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Bush Saturday to express his condolences over the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew Saturday. The Russian leader also sent a telegram of condolence to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Supporters of All India Anti-Terrorist Front pay homage to astronaut Kalpana Chawla at a public meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. Chawla, the first Indian-born woman in space, was amongst seven astronauts killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart shortly before landing in Florida Saturday.
Items are left at the Embassy of Israel Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003 in Washington in memory of the seven astronauts who died on the space shuttle Columbia.
A U.S. priest prays during a mourning ceremony at Russia's mission control center, Korolyov, just outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, with the image of the space shuttle Columbia crew projected on a TV screen in the background.
Supporters of All India Anti-Terrorist Front pay homage to astronaut Kalpana Chawla at a public meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. Chawla, the first Indian-born woman in space, was among seven astronauts killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart shortly before landing in Florida Saturday.
British-born astronaut Michael Foale speaks during a mourning ceremony at Russia's mission control center, Korolyov, Monday, Feb. 3.
Roten Karmin, originally from Israel, now living in Silver Spring, Md., signs a condolence book for Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who was killed in the Columbia shuttle disaster, Monday, Feb. 3, 2003 at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The book will be presented to Ramon's family.
Unidentified Israeli students pause next to a picture of Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut killed Saturday in the Columbia space shuttle after a memorial ceremony in Mekif Gimel high school where Ramon attended as a student in the southern city of Beer Sheva on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003.
A man in an electronics store in Jerusalem watches Israeli television broadcasts of a live address by President Bush in response to the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, which had occurred hours earlier Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003.
Indian State police give a bugle salute, a state honor, as mourners pay their respects to Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla during a memorial held in Chawla's hometown of Karnal, Haryana, India, Sunday, Feb. 2. While Chawla moved from Karnal more than 20 years ago, she is a hero to the people who followed her career at NASA that ended with Saturday's space shuttle catastrophe.
The Stars and Stripes flag and a black Prisoners of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) flag fly at half-mast at the United States Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003.