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N6RME > NASA 24.09.03 12:21l 33 Lines 1367 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: NASA Emergency Notice - 02/01/2003
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NASA STATEMENT ON LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH COLUMBIA
A Space Shuttle contingency has been declared in Mission Control,
Houston, as a result of the loss of communication with the Space
Shuttle Columbia at approximately 9 a.m. EST Saturday as it
descended toward a landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
It was scheduled to touchdown at 9:16 a.m. EST.
Communication and tracking of the shuttle was lost at 9 a.m. EST
at an altitude of about 203,000 feet in the area above north central
Texas. At the time communications were lost. The shuttle was traveling
approximately 12,500 miles per hour (Mach 18). No communication and
tracking information were received in Mission Control after that time.
Search and rescue teams in the Dallas-Fort Worth and in portions of
East Texas have been alerted. Any debris that is located in the area
that may be related to the Space Shuttle contingency should be avoided
and may be hazardous as a result of toxic propellants used aboard the
shuttle. The location of any possible debris should immediately be
reported to local authorities.
Flight controllers in Mission Control have secured all information,
notes and data pertinent to today's entry and landing by Space Shuttle
Columbia and continue to methodically proceed through contingency
plans.
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