Hemphill, Texas: Columbia Crash Memorial
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
Sabine County Columbia Memorial
- Address:
- Hwy 87, Hemphill, TX
- Directions:
- Sabine County Columbia Memorial. Northeast edge of town, on the east side of Hwy 87 at its intersection with FM 83.
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A big red, white, and blue star on the ground -- visible from space? -- marks the town where debris and remains from the Space Shuttle Columbia landed on February 1, 2003.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [08/05/2015]Visitor Tips and News About Columbia Crash Memorial
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Beautiful memorial to the 2003 space shuttle mission and astronauts. Watch out for the fire ant mounds around it.
[April, 07/26/2025]
The memorial is almost in the DQ parking lot and around the corner from the museum. You must visit the museum while you're there, for $5. Well worth it.
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