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Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington          Feb. 13, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

Eileen M. Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

RELEASE: 03-070

COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT REMAINS IDENTIFIED

     The remains of all seven members of Space Shuttle Columbia's crew 
have been positively identified at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

"We are comforted by the knowledge we have brought our seven friends 
home," said Bob Cabana, Director of Flight Crew Operations at the 
Johnson Space Center. "We are deeply indebted to the communities and 
volunteers who made this homecoming possible, and brought peace of 
mind to the crew's families, and the entire NASA family," he said.

The seven astronauts, Rick Husband (Colonel, USAF), Willie McCool 
(Commander, USN), Michael Anderson (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), David 
Brown (Captain, USN), Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark (Commander, USN), 
and Ilan Ramon (Colonel, Israel Air Force), died Saturday, Feb. 1, 
2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up over the southwest 
United States.

Private memorial services for the crewmembers will take place within 
the next few weeks. Burial services for Ilan Ramon took place February 
11 in Israel.
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