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AND THEY'RE OFF—School is already beginning in some towns, as these anxious youngsters at Savoy Elementary School know. Florida schoolchildre n also began the new year Wednesday. Leading the way are first graders Megan Tilton, Gabrielle Staelens, and Nicholas Lenski. (Transcript- Mike Finkle) Team recovers 45% of shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The largest search and recovery ef fort ever conducted — for the re mains of Challenger and its crew is ending today after seven months and the retrieval of 45 percent of the space shuttle. The three ships still down from a high of 31, will call it quits after they return to port tonight, seven months to the day after the Jan. 28 destruction of Challenger and deaths of its crew of seven, officials said. “It was the biggest search and recovery effort ever in the world and had the most emotional impact on the people involved,” said Air Force Col. Edward O’Connor, who directed the overall effort. The project involved 6,000 people, 52 aircraft, 31 o1 nuclear-powered submarine, four-man submarines, Saemethinen ed submersibles and 115 divers. It cost more than $100 million. About 93,000 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean surface and 429 square miles of ocean bottom were scoured. Ships made 3,367 sonar contacts, of which 3,197 were Challenge: , representing 45 percent of the shuttle and its at tached components. Forty-five percent of the orbiter, a crew cabin, 90 per cent of a satellite rocket stage, 35 percent of the satellite, 50 percent of The booster rocket joint that leak ed hot gases and caused the was recovered, helping in vestigators pinpoint what went wrong.
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North Adams Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Aug 28, 1986
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