Has Texas Drought Exposed Shuttle Columbia Piece?

[Ringel05]

A piece of debris from NASA's space shuttle Columbia has been discovered in Texas, eight years after the 2003 disaster that destroyed the spacecraft and killed its seven-astronaut crew during re-entry, NASA officials confirmed Tuesday.

The debris was discovered last week in eastern Texas. It is a round aluminum power reactant storage and distribution tank from Columbia, which disintegrated over Texas as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere near the end of a 16-day science mission.

The tank was discovered in an exposed area of Lake Nacogdoches, in Nacogdoches, Texas, about 160 miles northeast of Houston

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[blastoff]

Not surprised considering how Columbia got blown to smithereens. Wonder how many other parts/pieces are still missing?

 

[Moonglow]

looks more like a disco ball

 

[daveman]

Not surprised considering how Columbia got blown to smithereens. Wonder how many other parts/pieces are still missing?

To date, about 38-40 percent of the Columbia orbiter's wreckage has been recovered. The remainder was either burned up during reentry or is still where it landed in Texas and Louisiana.

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