SALT LAKE CITY — An American flag that survived the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in January 1986 is on display at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in downtown Salt Lake City through Labor Day, Sept. 2.
The flag was recovered at the request of Boy Scout Troop 514 in Monument, Colo. The young men traveled to Washington D.C., in 1987, where they presented the flag. They also held a flag ceremony at the graves of those Challenger astronauts who are buried at Arlington Cemetery. Since then, the flag has been presented at every Eagle Court of Honor of the Colorado troop.
The space shuttle display also includes mission patches, small flags, photographs, memorabilia, and presentation plaques from other shuttle flights, including items carried aboard a flight April 29-May 6, 1985, by astronaut Don Lind, a member of the Church.
