Boxes of Columbia debris are moved into the KSC RLV Hangar for identification. Inside, the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is placing the pieces of debris on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA
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Boxes of Columbia debris are moved into the KSC RLV Hangar for identification. Inside, the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is placing the pieces of debris on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107.