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NASA Probes Shuttle Disaster

NPR | By Richard Harris,
Wade Goodwyn
Published February 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Initial clues in the investigation of the break-up of the space shuttle Columbia suggest there may have been a problem with the tiles that protect the spacecraft against the heat of re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile, searchers are scouring a wide area of East Texas and Louisiana for shuttle wreckage. NPR's Richard Harris and Wade Goodwyn report.

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Award-winning journalist Richard Harris has reported on a wide range of topics in science, medicine and the environment since he joined NPR in 1986. In early 2014, his focus shifted from an emphasis on climate change and the environment to biomedical research.
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Wade Goodwyn is an NPR National Desk Correspondent covering Texas and the surrounding states.
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