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  • NASA chief relived Columbia tragedy during Russian capsule's scary descent

    05/05/2003 4:58:33 PM PDT · by Brian S · 10 replies · 178+ views
    Monday, May 05, 2003 MOSCOW (AP) - It was a sickening feeling the NASA chief hoped never to experience again, least of all three months later. But when communication was lost just minutes before the touchdown of the Russian capsule returning three men from the international space station, Sean O'Keefe relived the morning of the Columbia disaster all over again. He shuddered just thinking about it Monday. "God, it was just unbelievable is what it was," O'Keefe told The Associated Press. Unlike the Columbia accident in February, when NASA knew within minutes the shuttle had broken apart over Texas and...