"Roger, uh–"radioed flight commander Rick D. Husband, 45, as he acknowledged news from Mission Control that there were wonky tire-pressure readings from sensors on the left wing of the space shuttle Columbia.
There were no further voice communications from Columbia.
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Eight years ago, I was slogging around East Texas looking at pieces of the Columbia that had just fallen from the sky. For the past 30 years and 130 flights, I have been writing about the space shuttle. This morning, at 11:26 the last flight is scheduled.
fair warning: on block island or manhattan or in missouri, we can be a little salty
and you are not anywhere that you will have to look for pieces NEED BE?
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