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Subj: COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT REMAINS IDENTIFIED
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 47.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. February 16, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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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.
[ANS thanks Bruce Bingham, NASA for the above information]
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