This program is 27 minutes long
#720944
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The breaking up of the space shuttle Columbia during re-entry shown.
(New York: Ned Potter) Timeline of Columbia's return examined; scenes shown of the launch of the science mission & of the shuttle breaking up; exchange between mission control & Columbia played. [NASA administrator Sean O'KEEFE††- says they were courageous.] [President BUSH - comments.] [NASA shuttle program manager Ron DITTEMORE†- comments on the problems at launch.] [NASAWatch.com editor Keith COWING†- says there was a sequence of events.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Nacogdoches: Mike von Fremd) The debris field in eastern Texas featured; scenes shown of smoldering chunks of the shuttle. [WITNESS, Mika MILLER‡ - describe what happened.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Johnson Space Center, Houston: Lisa Stark) The issue of shuttle safety examined in light of problems at liftoff; scenes shown of Columbia's launch; details given of the major overhaul last year. [Consultant John PIKE†- says they have been improving the shuttle hardware; outlines what will be looked at.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Live interview held with former NASA engineer Jim Oberg about he space shuttle. [OBERG - speculates about damage on the left wing; explains why the crew on the space shuttle are all right.]
#720947
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Derek McGinty) The crew members who died in the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia during re-entry featured; scenes shown of the astronauts. [Mission specialists Laurel CLARK†, David BROWN, payload specialist Ilan RAMON†, mission specialist Kalpana CHAWLA†, pilot William McCOOL†, mission commander Rick HUSBAND†, Michael ANDERSON - talk about being astronauts.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Dean Reynolds) The reaction to the accident in the astronauts' home towns featured; scenes shown from Clark's home town of Racine, Wisconsin, Husband's home town of Amarillo, Texas & Anderson's home town of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [At Clark's high school, Jay SCHIEVNES†, teacher Bill FRAYER†; Husband's family friend Larry LEMONS†, sister Joanne ANDERSON, Brown's mother Dorothy BROWN††- react to their loss.]
#720948
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The latest developments in President Bush's administration's view of events in Iraq reviewed.
#720949
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Pentagon: John McWethy) The latest developments in President Bush's administration's view of events in North Korea discussed.
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#720952
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bill Blakemore) The future for the space program following the disaster for the space shuttle Columbia during re-entry featured; scenes shown from the International Space Station inhabited by three astronauts. [Space consultant Jim SLADE†- says the continuing construction of the space station is dependent on the shuttles.]
#720954
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The losses in the space program reviewed in light of the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia; scenes shown of the crew that died on Apollo I in 1967 & the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
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