    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 7646 of February 1, 2003

    Honoring the Memory of the Astronauts Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia

    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation

    As a mark of respect for Rick Douglas Husband, William C. McCool, Laurel
    Blair Salton Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown,
    and Ilan Ramon who gave their lives during the mission of STS-107 aboard
    the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, I hereby order, by the
    authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by
    the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the
    flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White
    House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts
    and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government
    in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its
    Territories and possessions through Wednesday, February 5, 2003. I also
    direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of
    time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and
    other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval
    vessels and stations.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
    February, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
    seventh.
    GEORGE W. BUSH