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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - In the RLV Hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at a piece of debris. Second from left is Mike Leinbach, who is Shuttle launch director. To date, 35,319 pieces of debris have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 have been identified and placed on a grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. KSC-03pd0698

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team checks out a piece of Columbia debris newly arrived from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Inside the RLV Hangar, the team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, 35,319 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified and placed on the grid. KSC-03pd0696

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - This is an overview of the floor of the RLV Hangar. To date, 35,319 pieces of Columbia debris have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 have been identified and placed on a grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. KSC-03pd0700

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team check out a piece of Columbia debris newly arrived from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Inside the RLV Hangar, the team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, 35,319 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified and placed on the grid. KSC-03pd0695

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Another shipment of Columbia debris is offloaded from the truck at the KSC RLV Hangar. Inside, the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, 35,319 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified and placed on the grid. KSC-03pd0691

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The grid on the floor of the RLV Hangar is filling up with pieces of Columbia debris that have been collected by workers in the field. The Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, more than 35,000 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified. KSC-03pd0732

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The grid on the floor of the RLV Hangar is filling up with pieces of Columbia debris that have been collected by workers in the field. The blue lines reflect the outline of the orbiter. The Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, more than 35,000 pieces have been shipped to KSC; at least 1,218 are identified. KSC-03pd0757

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team looks at piece of Columbia debris newly arrived from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Inside the RLV Hangar, the team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, 35,319 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified and placed on the grid. KSC-03pd0694

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at pieces of Columbia debris on the truck that brought them from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Inside the RLV Hangar, the team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, 35,319 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified and placed on the grid. KSC-03pd0693

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Mike Leinbach, who is Shuttle launch director, looks closely at a piece of debris in the RLV Hangar. To date, 35,319 pieces of debris have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 have been identified and placed on a grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. KSC-03pd0699

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Mike Leinbach, who is Shuttle launch director, looks closely at a piece of debris in the RLV Hangar. To date, 35,319 pieces of debris have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 have been identified and placed on a grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107.

The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.

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S126E008423 - STS-126 - WRS Configuration in US Lab

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team cleans a piece of debris from Columbia. The items at KSC number more than 82,000, weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the RLV Hangar. KSC-03pd1547

Midshipmen, staff and faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy mourn the loss of Midshipman 3rd Class Hans Loewen during his funeral service in the main chapel.

Tornado - Logan, W. Va. , March 8, 2012 -- The peak of this range suffered severe tree loss as the tornado passed through this area. The tree's were laid down and snapped like match sticks from the powerful winds. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team carry part of the final shipment of debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC is 82,567, weighing 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the RLV Hangar. KSC-03pd1412

A globe with a grid pattern on it. Ball globe earth, backgrounds textures.

A blue tiled floor with a wave in the water. Stone floor background, backgrounds textures.

A close up of a metal sculpture with a sky in the background. Grid sky pattern, backgrounds textures.

Window old grid building. A window with a view of a tree through it

Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Technicians at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, put the instrument mast and science boom on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, through a series of deployment tests. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V-541 configuration will be used to loft MSL into space. Curiosity’s 10 science instruments are designed to search for evidence on whether Mars has had environments favorable to microbial life, including chemical ingredients for life. The unique rover will use a laser to look inside rocks and release its gasses so that the rover’s spectrometer can analyze and send the data back to Earth. MSL is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Nov. 25 with a window extending to Dec. 18 and arrival at Mars Aug. 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/msl. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2011-5923

Public domain studio portrait, NFB.02541, Gustav Borgen

Cole Berkey wears rescue gear used by the Coast Guard

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