Debris search covers expansive shuttle wreckage area
Officials describe a 20 foot wide hole in a pine forest where the nose cone was found as searchers comb rural Louisiana and Texas for debris and possible human remains. Teams pull pieces from rivers and woods including large shuttle fragments as they cordon off land near Barksdale Air Force Base and coordinate with NASA and FBI.
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West Virginia
Louisiane
Lexas
Abn
NASA
Gary Moore
EPA
Toledo Bend Reservoir
Texas
Louisiana State Line
Shuttle
Ron Dittemore
Columbia
New Mexico
Arizona
California
FBI
Lufkin
Sue Kennedy
Nacogdoches County
Barksdale Air Force Base
Louisiana
Steve Nesbitt
Debris Scattered Across Texas and Louisiana Declined
An infrasound sensor near Lajitas West Texas captured signals the day the shuttle Columbia disintegrated. The low frequency waves and scattered debris data highlight atmospheric and impact signatures from the disaster.
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Texas
Louisiana
Lajitas
West Texas
Columbia
Shuttle de-orbit burn and reentry blackout details
The report describes a shuttle de-orbit burn sixty minutes from touchdown at 175 miles up with velocity about 16 465 mph. Pilots orient nose up for the burn to slow for reentry. A blackout begins around fifty miles up with communications lost as the heat shield endures near 2800 degrees.
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External fuel tank jettison during shuttle liftoff
During liftoff the external tank feeds liquid fuel to the orbiter and its three main engines. The tank is covered with rust colored polyurethane foam and is lightweight. When empty it is jettisoned, reenters the atmosphere, and breaks up. It is not recovered.
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