Space Shuttle Columbia: A nation remembers

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Space Shuttle Columbia: A Nation Remembers
Created: February 5, 2003 - Updated: September 2, 2005

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	The following titles may be of interest to anyone concerned about the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. For additional information click on catalog to search for other related items in our Library. Web Sites Federal agencies have published reliable information that is freely available to the public at the following Websites: National Aeronautics and Space Administration has posted its Implementation Plan for Return to Flight and Beyond. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/53420main_RTF_vol1_rev1_1_ALL_112103.pdf (10/15/03)
The government provides details and history of shuttle program with imagery. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/ The Federal Emergency Management has been charged with coordinating the federal aid for the shuttle tragedy. They will lead efforts to secure and identify debris. http://www.fema.gov/ and http://www.fema.gov/diz03/hq03_030.shtm Shuttle *Columbia* Search Update NASA's Columbia Recovery Office (CRO) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas opened on April 28. The CRO will assume control of operations as the Disaster Field Offices (DFO) involved with Shuttle search and recovery operations prepare to close by early May. NASA Administrator, Sean O'Keefe, will visit the Lufkin DFO today to observe operations and talk with DFO staff members. Ground search crews have completed 96-percent of the 695,435 acres that were assigned to be searched. On April 28, there were 2,127 persons involved in the Shuttle search and recovery operations. Over $225 million has been allocated for the Shuttle search operations. (DFO Lufkin) http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2003/nat042903.shtm Books Space shuttle: the first 20 years / edited by Tony Reichhardt for Air&Space/Smithsonian magazine. TL795.5 .S63 2002 Oversize Chronology of space shuttle flights, 1981-2000 / compiled by Judy A. Rumerman with Stephen J. Garber. TL795.5 .C49 2000 Ref The space shuttle decision: NASA's search for a reusable space vehicle / T.A. Heppenheimer TL795.5 .H47 1999 Power to explore: a history of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990 / Andrew J. Dunar and Stephen P. Waring. TL862.G4 D86 1999 Dragonfly: NASA and the crisis aboard Mir / Bryan Burrough. TL867 .B87 1998 Periodical and Newspaper Articles The Hartford Public Library offers electronic access to articles through its iConn database service for patrons of Connecticut libraries. You will need your library card to log into the database. News Analysis: What space shuttle Columbia disaster brings to human spaceflight. Xinhua News Agency, Feb 5, 2003 p1008036h3514 Full text Music and Video *The Dream is alive [videorecording]* Video - Science/D

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