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NASA Day of Remembrance

NASA describes its Day of Remembrance as an annual observance honoring members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering exploration; NASA scheduled the 2026 observance for January 22.

Date / ruleAnnual observance; 22 January in 2026
ScopeNASA / remembrance of fallen exploration crews
VerificationFederal Agency Current Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is NASA Day of Remembrance?

NASA describes its Day of Remembrance as an annual observance honoring members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering exploration; NASA scheduled the 2026 observance for January 22.

Date and recurrence

Annual observance; 22 January in 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is NASA / remembrance of fallen exploration crews. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

NASA’s Day of Remembrance

Classification

Topic and context

Civic, Remembrance & History →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. NASA — Day of RemembranceFederal Agency
  2. NASA — 2026 Day of RemembranceFederal Agency
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is NASA Day of Remembrance?

Annual observance; 22 January in 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: Annual observance; 22 January in 2026.

Does NASA Day of Remembrance fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is NASA Day of Remembrance an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: NASA / remembrance of fallen exploration crews. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes NASA Day of Remembrance?

The stored designation basis is: NASA describes its Day of Remembrance as an annual observance honoring members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering exploration; NASA scheduled the 2026 observance for January 22.. Supporting provenance includes NASA — Day of Remembrance. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is NASA Day of Remembrance international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: NASA / remembrance of fallen exploration crews. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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