[sarex] COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT REMAINS IDENTIFIED

[azrowe@xxxxxxxx]

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington          Feb. 13, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)
 
Eileen M. Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
 
RELEASE: 03-070
 
COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT REMAINS IDENTIFIED
 
     The remains of all seven members of Space Shuttle 
Columbia's crew have been positively identified at Dover Air 
Force Base, Del.
 
"We are comforted by the knowledge we have brought our seven 
friends home," said Bob Cabana, Director of Flight Crew 
Operations at the Johnson Space Center. "We are deeply 
indebted to the communities and volunteers who made this 
homecoming possible, and brought peace of mind to the crew's 
families, and the entire NASA family," he said.
 
The seven astronauts, Rick Husband (Colonel, USAF), Willie 
McCool (Commander, USN), Michael Anderson (Lieutenant 
Colonel, USAF), David Brown (Captain, USN), Kalpana Chawla, 
Laurel Clark (Commander, USN), and Ilan Ramon (Colonel, 
Israel Air Force), died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, when the 
Space Shuttle Columbia broke up over the southwest United 
States.
 
Private memorial services for the crewmembers will take place 
within the next few weeks. Burial services for Ilan Ramon 
took place February 11 in Israel.

________________________________________________________________
Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today
Only $9.95 per month!
Visit www.juno.com
----
Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA.
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to Majordomo@amsat.org