SETI bioastro: Fw: Continuing coverage of the Columbia tragedy

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COLUMBIA AND CREW LOST
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In a devastating tragedy that took the lives of seven astronauts, the
space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the skies over Texas on
Saturday morning as the ship was heading back to Earth. Mission
Control lost contact with the shuttle around 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT),
about 16 minutes before its planned Florida touchdown. Debris from
the shuttle fell in north and east areas of Texas. See our status
center for the latest:

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html

BREAK-UP APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED WITH LEFT WING
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In the final minutes of shuttle Columbia's doomed reentry, flight
controllers began to see indications of a major problem in the area
of the shuttle's left wing, NASA officials said on Saturday in their
first detailed news briefing since the tragedy.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030202leftwing/

SHUTTLE'S LEFT WING STRUCK DURING LAUNCH
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Columbia's left wing was struck by debris during its launch on
January 16. Prior to the reentry, flight controllers had said they
had no concerns about possible damage to the shuttle's tiles, but
following the loss of Columbia the incident will receive more
attention.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/launchincident.html

SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA'S SEVEN-MEMBER CREW
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Aboard shuttle Columbia were Rick Husband, commander, and Willie
McCool, pilot. Mission specialists Dave Brown, Laurel Clark, Kalpana
Chawla, Mike Anderson (payload commander) and Israeli payload
specialist Ilan Ramon.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/crew.html

PRESIDENT BUSH MAKES ADDRESS ON SHUTTLE TRAGEDY
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"The Columbia is lost; there are no survivors," President Bush said
in an address from the White House. The president vowed the tragedy
would not mean the end of the space program: "The cause in which they
died will continue."

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/bush.html

STATEMENT BY NASA CHIEF
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"This is indeed a tragic day for the NASA family, for the families of
the astronauts who flew on STS-107, and likewise is tragic for the
Nation," NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said. "The loss of this
valued crew is something we will never be able to get over. We have
assured the families that we will do everything, everything we can
possibly do to guarantee that we work our way through this horrific
tragedy."

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/okeefe.html

SHUTTLE DEBRIS CLOUD VISIBLE IN WEATHER RADAR
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The space shuttle broke up at an altitude of 200,000 feet as it
hurtled through the upper atmosphere at 12,500 miles per hour. The
resulting debris cloud was visible on weather radar images.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/radarimage.html

AOL USERS
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The links below make it easier for AOL users to reach our stories.

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html">COLUMBIA
AND CREW LOST</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030202leftwing/">BREAK-UP
APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED WITH LEFT WING</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/launchincident.html">SHUTTLE'S
LEFT WING STRUCK DURING LAUNCH</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/crew.html">SPACE
SHUTTLE COLUMBIA'S SEVEN-MEMBER CREW</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/bush.html">PRESIDENT
BUSH MAKES ADDRESS ON SHUTTLE TRAGEDY</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/okeefe.html">STATEMENT
BY NASA CHIEF</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030201columbia/radarimage.html">SHUTTLE
DEBRIS CLOUD VISIBLE IN WEATHER RADAR</a>

<a href="http://astronomynowstore.com">ASTRONOMY NOW STORE</a>

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