| When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained... |
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...what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
| When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained... |
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...what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
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honoring the astronauts of Challenger, Columbia and Apollo 1. This site features the song "One Dark World" by Kerry Livgren; the audio file is encoded in MP3 format and requires an MP3-compatible browser. Use the control bar below to listen to the song. |
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"One Dark World"
by Kerry Livgren
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The expanses beckon; the mystery still remains... |
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Are we living all alone in these vast domains?
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the more we fear... |
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| The lights of the distant glories we cannot name... | ||||
| Demanding a sense of purpose we cannot claim... | ||||
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Where time has
no meaning,
our reason
does not apply...
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the
Word of Creator can satisfy |
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Floating home,
through the void we roam
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and then we fall |
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one of an endless array,
this terrestrial ball
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And for one
brief moment,
this Earth
was the center stage...
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For just one moment, the Diamond of the age
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in a world so far away Floating home,
and drift astray |
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in a world so far away Floating home,
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and still... oh, still we pray...
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And still we
pray... as we drift away...
Away...
| Still we pray... | Please bring us home... | We drift away... |
| Please bring us home... | Away... | Still we pray... |
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bring us home... |
We drift away... | Please bring us home... |
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Still we pray... Please bring
us
We
drift away...
Please bring us home...
Away... |
The Crew of Apollo 1
January 27th, 1967
Lieutenant Commander Roger B. Chaffee Pilot |
Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. Grissom Command Pilot |
Lieutenant Colonel Edward H. White II Senior Pilot |
--Virgil I. Grissom--
Downlinks:
NASA
History Office: Apollo 1
Gus
Grissom vs. the Media: Hero or Victim?
Credits:
The images on this page have been
drawn from numerous NASA,
news organization and space-related
sites across the Internet.
The song "One Dark World" by Kerry
Livgren appears on this site with Mr. Livgren's generous permission.
Lyrics and music by Kerry Livgren
Vocals by Darren Rogers and Jason
Beddoe
Drums by Chris Kearney
Bass Guitar by Craig Kew
Guitars and keyboards by Kerry Livgren
"One Dark World" first appeared on
the 1994 Kerry Livgren album
When Things Get Electric
on Numavox Records.
Click the above image for more information about this album.
Site concept and design by
Michael E. Brooks, M.Div., Th.M.
dataman@datamanos2.com
Special thanks go to Kerry Livgren
for all the music over the years and for his generosity
in allowing me to use one of his
songs as the heart of this site.
Special thanks also go to Diana Whay
for not letting me keep on ignoring
the Apollo 1 disaster just because
I was too young to remember...
And finally, unfathomable thanks go to the brave men of Apollo 1.
THE CONQUEST OF SPACE
IS WORTH THE RISK OF LIFE.
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