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US Air Force (USAF) Marion Harned, Chaplain, 2d Bomb Wing (BW), Chapel, prays with the Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) Honor Guard during the transit of one of the Astronauts aboard a C-141B Starlifter. The Barksdale commanders, chaplains, honor guard, security police, and services personnel combined efforts in honoring each of the Columbia flight crew as they are returned to their families. The Astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disaster