[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