KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pieces of Columbia debris lie in a staging area in the RLV Hangar pending engineering assessment. The Columbia Reconstruction Project team is identifying pieces and placing them o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Columbia debris is filling the floor of the KSC RLV Hangar. The Columbia Reconstruction Project team is identifying pieces and placing them on a grid approximating the shape of the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A 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 orbit More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look over pieces of Columbia debris on the floor of the RLV Hangar. Approximately 4,500 ground searchers have covered approxima More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pieces of Columbia debris are beginning to fill one area of the Shuttle painted on the floor of the RLV Hangar. Approximately 4,500 ground searchers have covered approximately 56 More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overview of the floor of the RLV Hangar shows some of the Columbia debris collected and identified. Approximately 4,500 ground searchers have covered approximately 56 percent of More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines a piece of Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar. Approximately 4,500 ground searchers have covered approximately 56 perc More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A wide-angle view of the RLV Hangar at KSC shows a portion of the more than 35,000 pieces of Columbia debris that have been shipped to KSC The search of more than 500,000 acres o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team handle pieces of Columbia debris already identified. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter on the floo More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines a piece of Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar at KSC. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team discuss the pieces of Columbia debris in front of them. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter on the f More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team handles a piece of Columbia debris already identified. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter on the f More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team check pieces of Columbia debris on the floor of the RLV Hangar at KSC. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team places another piece of Columbia debris on the floor of the RLV Hangar at KSC. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team carries another piece of Columbia debris to a spot on the floor of the RLV Hangar at KSC. The team is attempting to reconstruc More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A wide-angle view of the RLV Hangar at KSC shows a portion of the more than 75,000 pieces of Columbia debris that have been shipped to KSC. More than 2,000 pieces have been placed More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The floor of the KSC RLV Hangar is filled with pieces of Columbia debris gathered by search teams and shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Ground teams have comp More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pieces of Columbia debris are photographed by a KSC photographer. More than 70,000 items, weighing 78,000 pounds, about 36 percent of the Shuttle by weight, have been delivered t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines a piece of Columbia debris on the floor of the KSC RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La., More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers continue to place pieces of Columbia debris on the floor of the KSC RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La., more than 70,000 items, weighing 7 More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The floor of the KSC RLV Hangar is filled with pieces of Columbia debris gathered by search teams and shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Ground teams have compl More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines a piece of Columbia debris for cataloging in the KSC RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team unpack pieces of Columbia debris delivered to the RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La., more than More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers position a "Hail Columbia" banner beneath an enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem at the RLV Hangar. The emblem will be installed on an outside wall. Inside the ha More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team work at identifying pieces of Columbia debris delivered to the RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team pose for a group photo around an enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem just delivered to the RLV Hangar. The emblem will b More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers deliver an enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem to the RLV Hangar where it will be installed on an outside wall. Inside the hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstru More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers deliver an enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem to the RLV Hangar where it will be installed on an outside wall. Inside the hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers deliver an enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem to the RLV Hangar where it will be installed on an outside wall. Inside the hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstru More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team continue their work to identify pieces of Columbia debris delivered to the RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Sh More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team examine pieces of Columbia debris delivered to the RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La., more than More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem is delivered to the RLV Hangar where it will be installed on an outside wall. Inside the hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstruct More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Project Manager Fred Ahmay holds a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container in which C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) were found. The container was part of a middec More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A petri dish containing C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) is prepared for examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) undergo examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, a middeck experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Project Manager Fred Ahmay (left) and Bionetics Project Engineer William McLamb examine C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) using a microscope. These specimens were found in a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) undergo examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, a middeck experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) undergo examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, a middeck experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) undergo examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, a middeck experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) undergo examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, a middeck experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Project Manager Guy Ethridge examines C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) under a microscope. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - C. elegans nemotodes (round worms) undergo examination by project scientists. These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) container, a middeck experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines part of the Columbia debris on the floor of the RLV Hangar. The final shipment of debris arrived on this date - recove More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talks to the Columbia Reconstruction Project team before arrival of the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been conc More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The truck holding the final shipment of Columbia debris arrives at KSC. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, third from left, greets the truck driver delivering the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East T More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto, with Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., and Bob McLean, from the Southwest Texas State University, work on an experiment found during the search for Colu More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final shipment of Columbia debris is offloaded at KSC. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final shipment of Columbia debris is offloaded at KSC. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC i More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto, with Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., examines closely the container containing one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Part of the final shipment of Columbia debris is transferred into the RLV Hangar at KSC. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dennis Morrison, senior biotech program scientist, talks to the media about an experiment recovered during the search for Columbia debris. He is the principle investigator on micro More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mike Leinbach talks to the Columbia Reconstruction Project team before arrival of the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Pr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto, with Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., works on an experiment found during the search for Columbia debris. Included in the Commercial ITA Biomedical E More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The apparatus shown was designed to hold microcapsules for research on mission STS-107. It is one over several included in the Commercial ITA Biomedical Experiments payload. The More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines part of the Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar at KSC. The final shipment of debris arrived on this date - recovery eff More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Test Director Steve Altemus talks to the Columbia Reconstruction Project team before arrival of the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been conclu More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto is one of the scientists recovering experiments found during the search for Columbia debris. Included in the Commercial ITA Biomedical Experiments payload on mis More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final shipment of Columbia debris is offloaded at KSC. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Columbia Reconstruction Project team meets before arrival of the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto and Bob McLean talk to a reporter about experiments found during the search for Columbia debris. Cassanto is with Instrumentation Technology Associates Inc. and Mc More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto, with Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., and Bob McLean, from the Southwest Texas State University, transfer to a new container material from one of the e More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the background, scientists talk to the media about the experiments recovered during the search for Columbia debris. From left are George D'Heilly, with Instrumentation Technolog More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pieces of Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar at KSC crowd the floor. The final shipment of debris arrived on this date - recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pictured is one of the microcapsules removed from the Commercial ITA Biomedical Experiments payload recovered during the search for Columbia debris. The drug delivery system and sp More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dennis Morrison, senior biotech program scientist, talks to a reporter about an experiment recovered during the search for Columbia debris. He is the principle investigator on micr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto, with Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., works on an experiment found during the search for Columbia debris. Mike Casasanto, also with ITA, looks on. In More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - George D'Heilly, with Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., Barry Perlman, with Pembroke Pines Middle School in Florida, John Cassanto, with ITA, and Lou Friedman, executive More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., studies one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found during the search for Colum More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., process one of the experiments carried More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., and Dr. Dennis Morrison, NASA Johnson Space Center, analyze one of the experiments carried on mission STS- More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., analyze one of the experiments carried More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Dennis Morrison, NASA Johnson Space Center, processes one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found during the search for Columbia debris. I More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crystals visible in this laboratory dish were part of an experiment carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found during the search for Columbia debris. Included i More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Bob McLean, Southwest Texas State University, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., study one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., process one of the experiments carried More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida; Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc.; and Dr. Dennis Morrison, NASA Johnson Spac More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Valerie Cassanto (foreground), Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., examines one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found during the se More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, Bob McLean, Southwest Texas State University; Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc.; and Dennis Morrison, NASA Johnson Space Center, process one More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida, prepares a computer to receive data from an experiment carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found du More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida, examines one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107 as Bob McLean, Southwest Texas State University, looks on More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Dennis Morrison, NASA Johnson Space Center, works with one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107. Several experiments were found during the search for Columbia debris. More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Large items of Columbia debris fill a long table in the RLV Hangar. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talks to the media in the RLV Hangar, site of the collection of Columbia debris undergoing examination. The items shipped to KSC number more t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Adm. Harold Gehman, center left, chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, and U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, center right, are shown pieces of Columbia debris collec More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, Adm. Harold Gehman (second from right) , chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, looks at Columbia debris. Gehman and the board are visiting KSC a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Adm. Harold Gehman, center, chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, looks at a large piece of Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar. He and other board members are visi More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, Adm. Harold Gehman (right), chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, looks at Columbia debris. Gehman and the board are visiting KSC as part of th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, Adm. Harold Gehman, center, chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, looks on while U.S. Representative Dave Weldon (second from right) points at a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Adm. Harold Gehman, center left, chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, and U.S. Representative Tom Feeney, center right, are shown pieces of Columbia debris collect More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The floor of the RLV Hangar is full of pieces of Columbia debris delivered from the search and recovery efforts in East Texas. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, Adm. Harold Gehman, center, chairman of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, gestures toward a large piece of Columbia debris. He and other board members a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Investigation Accident Board, including the chairman, Adm. Harold Gehman, and U.S. Representatives Tom Feeney and Dave Weldon look closely at pieces of Colum More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a KSC visit, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (kneeling, left) reaches out to a piece of Columbia debris in the Columbia Debris Hangar. At right is Shuttle Launch Dire More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Containers in the Columbia Debris Hangar are lined up after being emptied of the Columbia debris. The debris is being transferred to storage in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Ab More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Storage boxes and other containers of Columbia debris wait in the Columbia Debris Hangar for transfer to storage in the Vehicle Assembly Building. About 83,000 pieces were shippe More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Storage boxes filled with Columbia debris (left) await transfer to storage in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Empty boxes at right wait to be filled with more of the approximately More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker in the Columbia Debris Hangar sorts bagged items of Columbia debris that will be transferred to storage in the Vehicle Assembly Building. About 83,000 pieces were shippe More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Columbia Debris Hangar, Jack Nowling moves a box filled with part of the Columbia debris. About 83,000 pieces were shipped to KSC during search and recovery efforts in Eas More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -In the Columbia Debris Hangar, Don Eitel (left) wraps pieces of Columbia debris for storage. About 83,000 pieces of debris were shipped to KSC during search and recovery efforts in More