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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight
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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

-so let's see. rodney sent me an e-mail. "we know that the remote manipulator system arm and cameras are not available, but what about the left side hatch window?" uh, he's questioning whether there's been any action, uh, to ask the crew to look for damage. uh, no. the area that was struck was not visible from the orbiter cabin. ♪ -okay, well, good morning or good evening as the case goes for all you guys working around the clock there in houston. -you have to understand -- nasa works on procedures. we have a mission plan. -red shift is just finishing up their day. -any deviation needs to be evaluated and assessed on how it will impact everything.

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

-we don't have too much time 'cause launch is coming. 36 or 37 days to launch, and it's starting to get exciting. -why is it exciting? -what do you mean, why is it exciting? we're going to space. well, for the first time, at least, for us. for me, it's exciting. -this was an amazing, amazing opportunity. there were a lot of israeli fighter pilots that could have been chosen to take this role. but it was my father that was chosen to be the first israeli astronaut. ♪

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

♪ -i remember going in the conference room. and... it was my job to tell the families. ♪ i can't remember exactly how i said it, that -- that the crew is lost, that they were not coming home. i didn't want them to have any kind of false hope. and i just did it in the most... caring, compassionate way that i could. -it's almost like, from what i remember, there's, like, a ringing in my ear. like, i don't know what was being said or what, like...

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

we were staying right next to banana river. we got up, and there were dolphin in the water. what a picture-perfect day. i mean, it was so pretty, and everything was so pleasant. -we show page a1 to 15 complete. -and, rick, we copy. -i just remember standing out on the balcony with laura, watching the sunrise and just saying to her, "this is a day you'll never forget." -we're about 42 minutes away from an engine firing that would begin columbia's descent. the crew in the final stages of their preparations now, taking their seats. at the commander's seat, rick husband. pilot, willie mccool. -[ laughs ]

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

and we're very excited. all the crew kids are just enjoying each other, too, so running up and down the bleachers and just enjoying being there. ♪ -at the runway, there was just a lot of energy in the air. and so as a kid, you kind of just kind of ride that energy. but all of the waiting just felt like an eternity. -here we go. -there's this big countdown clock. i just remember staring at that clock, like, watching every second go down, like, "is it now? is it now?" -i don't know what i expected when i saw that clock -- like, for them to just magically arrive when it reached zero. -iain was very excited. -mom's coming home, and, you know, he's gonna get mom hugs, great meals. you know, life will be back to normal. ♪ -somebody from nasa said, "you'll see the big kind of parachute that pops out of the back."

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

but i had this wing concern because of the impact. so i said, "i will go in." i realized that most of those people at those consoles -- they don't know anything that's been going on for two weeks. they've been looking at the condition of this system, this system, but they don't know any other history. -i was the lead entry ground controller for the mission. my primary thing is getting the spacecraft up on to orbit and getting it back down safely. that morning, the atmosphere -- it was upbeat. there's no issues. we work with the crew to go through system checkouts. -we got all of our systems ready, all the sensors ready, and we prepared for the de-orbit preparation, which is you convert the space shuttle from a spacecraft to a re-entry vehicle.

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

and i think that's probably what i was most excited about [laughs] was watching the parachute come out. ♪ -there was something not right. i remember our capcom, charlie hobaugh, trying to re-establish communications. and he said, over and over again, "columbia, houston, comm check." -columbia, houston, comm check. ♪ -and i had not lost hope that we would re-establish communications to the crew. ♪ -no c band yet. -copy. ♪ -c band's a radar that sits on the ground. and literally, it sends out a signal, and it bounces it off of the spacecraft to tell us where it is.

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

and i'd been in space before. this was something i was about to do again. and then this horrific thing happens to my classmates, my co-workers, friends. ♪ so i call a constable, and i said, "hey, i need a helicopter. i've got to get to east texas." ♪ on the way, i could see there are pieces of space shuttle -- thousands and thousands of pieces all over the place. ♪ i was the first person there from nasa. ♪ -there's a guy called terry lane who's an fbi agent. he said to me, "we have a report of one of the crew member's bodies." um... ♪

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Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight

-we lost comm with the crew, but that's actually common. i mean, you don't have communications all the way through entry . so that didn't initially get my attention. ♪ -good morning to you. i'm miles o'brien. it is now 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. take a look outside. you should see what looks like a streaking meteor. it's actually the space shuttle columbia coming back. we're watching it. landing about 15 minutes away. ♪ -we've also lost the nose gear down talkback and the right main gear down talkback. ♪ -columbia, houston. comm check. ♪ -and then everybody started to lose sensors. they were getting no telemetry whatsoever. the screens were just going blank, reading nothing, just turning off. -columbia, houston, uhf, comm check.

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