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NASA recovers shuttle wing section 02/07/2003 Associated Press NACOGDOCHES, Texas - NASA said Friday it has found an important piece of one of Columbia's wings and was removing it to a collection site in Fort Worth. NASA spaceflight office deputy Michael Kostelnik called it "a significant recovery." "We do have a large piece of one of the wings. It's not clear which wing this is, but obviously given the (unusual instrument readings) we have on the descent coming through the left wing, obviously this structure is very important." The wing piece was being taken to a military installation in...