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	+ Home		04.17.03 - Columbia Board Issues Preliminary Findings The board made two preliminary recommendations, regarding Shuttle processing and obtaining images from NIMA. + Read More 04.16.03 - Columbia Recovery in Texas Nears Completion Searchers recovered 70,000 items, 37 percent of the Shuttle by weight. + Read More 04.10.03 - Air Force Images of Columbia Images of Columbia in orbit taken by the U.S. Air Force four days before reentry. + Read More 04.08.03 - Next Shuttle Crew Visits Columbia Debris Site Press are invited to meet with STS-114 crew, who will visit debris search operations on Thursday, April 10. + Read More 03.28.03 - Letter from NASA Administrator to NIMA Director March 25, 2003 letter from Administrator O'Keefe to Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper (USAF, Ret.) regarding the use of NIMA assets relative to future Space Shuttle flights. + View Acrobat PDF 03.28.03 - Condolences for Helicopter Crew Our sincere condolences to the families of the helicopter crew members killed in the accident searching for debris from Columbia in the Angelina National Forest in east Texas. + Read More 03.25.03 - Columbia Search at Halfway Mark Nearly 4500 ground searchers have covered 56 percent of the planned 555,000-acre search area with 25 percent of the Shuttle Columbia delivered to the collection hangar in Florida. + Read More 03.21.03 - Shuttle Left Wing Cutaway Diagrams Detailed views represent a space shuttle left wing with Reinforced Carbon-Carbon, or RCC, panels. + Read More 03.21.03 - NASA Reorganized Columbia Accident Support Randy Stone, deputy director of the Johnson Space Center, will chair the newly organized NASA Accident Investigation Team to better align with the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. + Read More 03.21.03 - Columbia Sensor Diagrams Charts presented to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board on March 17, 2003. + View Acrobat PDF 03.21.03 - Columbia Crew Memorial Page Learn more about the seven Columbia crewmembers. + Visit the website 03.21.03 - STS 107 Science Data The science from the Columbia mission will be updated as new information becomes available. + Visit the website 03.20.03 - Searchers Recover Columbia's Data Recorder Search teams near Hemphill, Texas recovered the Orbiter Experiment Support System recorder (OEX), and sent it to NASA?s Johnson Space Center for cleaning and analysis. + View full story + View CAIB images 03.14.03 - Columbia Timeline: Revision 15 March 13 revision of the series of timeline charts reconstructing the events prior to Columbia's loss. + View Acrobat PDF 03.11.03 - NASA Administrator's Letter to Columbia Accident Investigation Board March 6 letter outlines NASA staff support to the Board with senior officials from outside the shuttle program organized in three teams?materials, operations, and technology?to mirror the Board's organization. + View Acrobat PDF 03.10.03 - Press Conference with Langley Engineers Mark J. Shuart and Bob Daugherty, authors of part of the email traffic on Columbia debris issues, talked with reporters. See their statements and biographies, as well as the transcript. + Read More + View Transcript in Acrobat PDF (306 Kb) + Press Release Archive Report Unauthorized Activity Members of the public can report any unauthorized activity regarding debris from the loss of Columbia -- including theft -- to the NASA Inspector General. + File a report Debris Warning Hazardous chemicals may be present in debris. Do not handle or move any debris. Located Debris All debris is United States Government property and is critical to the investigation of the shuttle accident. Any and all debris from the accident is to be left alone and reported to Government authorities. Unauthorized persons found in possession of accident debris will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If you find any debris, please call the Lufkin Emergency Operations Center at 1.866.446.6603 or send e-mail Photos / Video Footage In order to complete the accident investigation, NASA asks that any persons with photographs or video footage call the Johnson Space Center Emergency Operations Center, (281) 483-3388 or send e-mail Instructions for Uploading Digital Material to NASA Anyone who has photos, video or other digital material that may assist in the investigation can upload directly to NASA. + Read More NASA TV Watch ongoing coverage of the Columbia accident. + View NASA TV Search NASA Find more information about the Columbia and her crew. + Search NASA Spacelink + Search NASA Headquarters
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