Word: compartmentalization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Searchers have found remains of Challenger's astronauts in the debris of the shuttle's crew compartment 100 feet down on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, NASA announced yesterday.
A search ship using sonar about 25 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral made a possible identification of the compartment late Friday, and divers Saturday positively identified compartment debris and crew remains, the NASA statement said.
Recovering the compartment wreckage and remains could take several days, depending on the weather and sea conditions, NASA said.
NASA officials refused to confirm or deny reports that a large section of the crew compartment had been located. Some photo analysts contend that what appears to be parts of the shuttle can be detected emerging from the catastrophic fireball just after the blast (see photo). The official reticence was...
Air Force One had just lifted off around 9 a.m., winging President Reagan and his entourage from Washington to Houston to attend the Challenger crew's memorial service, when Larry Speakes hurried to the press compartment at the rear of the aircraft. "The White House was informed shortly before 7...