CAIB Report Delivered to Administrator
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (left) reads the cover letter of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's (CAIB) just-released report to an audience consisting of staff members at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Those pictured include Dr. Michael A. Greenfield (center) and Bryan D. O'Connor (right). Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Harold Gehman (not pictured), CAIB chairman, earlier presented the results of the panel's investigation to Mr. O'Keefe. The CAIB completed the report late the prior week after spending nearly seven months investigating the technical facts of the Feb. 1, 2003, accident and interviewing hundreds of NASA engineers and other agency employees. Administrator O'Keefe pledged to return the Space Shuttle to safe flight when the agency demonstrates it's 'fit to fly.' That happened when STS-114 launched July 26, 2005. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Image Number: JSC2003-E-55051
Date: August 26, 2003
CAIB Report Delivered to Administrator
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (left) reads the cover letter of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's (CAIB) just-released report to an audience consisting of staff members at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Those pictured include Dr. Michael A. Greenfield (center) and Bryan D. O'Connor (right). Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Harold Gehman (not pictured), CAIB chairman, earlier presented the results of the panel's investigation to Mr. O'Keefe. The CAIB completed the report late the prior week after spending nearly seven months investigating the technical facts of the Feb. 1, 2003, accident and interviewing hundreds of NASA engineers and other agency employees. Administrator O'Keefe pledged to return the Space Shuttle to safe flight when the agency demonstrates it's 'fit to fly.' That happened when STS-114 launched July 26, 2005. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Image Number: JSC2003-E-55051
Date: August 26, 2003