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Transcript release recalls final moments of shuttle Columbia
NASA published transcripts from Columbia's last radio transmissions as Mission Control catalogued escalating failures. Engineers note loss of data from sensors, wing drag, tire pressure, and multiple gear signals while communications fade before the shuttle disintegrated, killing seven astronauts.
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Space Center, Houston
NASA
Space Shuttle Columbia
Mission Control
Jeff Kling
Kling
Leroy Cain
Mike Sarafin
Columbia
Cain
Sarafin
Charlie Hobaugh
Houston
Rick Husband
Roger
Hobaugh
Kennedy Space Center
MILA
Kennedy Spacecraft Communication Center
Bill Foster