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Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, February 2, 2003 -- http://www.space.com/

In today's issue:

Special Report: Shuttle Tragedy, Continuing Coverage of the Columbia Disaster
http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/

Headlines:
* Sensors Showed Extreme Heat on Shuttle Columbia
* Space Station Crew Grieves for Lost Comrades, Soldiers On
* NASA Options to Save Doomed Columbia Varied
* NASA: Remains of Some Astronauts Found
* Shuttle Endeavour Flight Preparations Continue
* $100 Million Commercial Science Lab Lost on Columbia Was lnsured

Recent Features:
* SPACE.com TV: In Their Own Words... Remembering Columbia's Crew
* Space Shuttle Interactive Tour
* The Crew of the Columbia: Astronaut Biographies
* STS-107 Story Archive

Recent Headlines:
* World Leaders Send Regrets Over Shuttle
* NASA Warns Public Not to Sell Space Shuttle Debris
* ISS After Columbia - Soyuz Option Politically Loaded Solution
* NASA's 2004 Budget Request to be Released Without Fanfare
* Astronaut's Death Brings More Grief to Israel
* NASA Unlikely to Build New Space Shuttle
* Ret. Navy Admiral to Lead U.S. Government Columbia Probe
* Columbia Investigation Begins in Earnest
* Space Station Crew Can Hold Out Until June if Needed
* Shuttle Catastrophe to Stir Political; Policy Decision Making
* Columbia's Problems Began on Left Wing
* Three Committees to Probe Space Shuttle
* Full Text of Statement by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe on Shuttle Columbia 
Loss
* NASA's Aging Shuttle Fleet Called To Question

Plus...

* SpaceTV, SpaceWatch
* Solar and Space Weather
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
* Space Age Jobs

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Headlines:

* Sensors Showed Extreme Heat on Shuttle Columbia
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_updateAM_030203.html

Shuttle Columbia was maneuvering to stay on course for landing Saturday even as 
sensors on the spaceplane's left wing recorded rapidly increasing temperatures 
in the minutes before all contact was lost.

* Space Station Crew Grieves for Lost Comrades, Soldiers On
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_exp6_030202.html

The three-man crew at the International Space Station was grieving but still 
proud to be on its mission after being told about the Columbia disaster by a 
NASA official.

* NASA Options to Save Doomed Columbia Varied
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_options_030202.html

If liftoff damage to Columbia's thermal tiles caused the disaster, was the crew 
doomed from the very start?

* NASA: Remains of Some Astronauts Found
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_remains_030202.html

Forensics experts expressed confidence that fragmentary remains of Columbia's 
crew members could be genetically identified despite the craft's disintegration 
39 miles overhead, but said details about exactly how the seven astronauts died 
and how quickly could be elusive.

* Shuttle Endeavour Flight Preparations Continue
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/usa_endeavour_030202.html

United Space Alliance (USA), operator of NASA's space shuttle fleet, is 
continuing to prepare the shuttle Endeavour for its next flight despite the 
disruption to normal shuttle operations caused by Saturday's explosion of 
Columbia, said Mike Curie, a spokesman for USA.

* $100 Million Commercial Science Lab Lost on Columbia Was lnsured
http://www.space.com/news/spacehab_columbia_030202.html

Insurers will soon be processing a claim for the commercial research laboratory 
that was lost aboard the shuttle Columbia. The claim will be filed by Spacehab 
Inc., of Webster, Tex., a company that has built its business around NASA's 
space shuttle program.

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Recent Features:

* SPACE.com TV: In Their Own Words... Remembering Columbia's Crew
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/

A tribute to the Crew of the Columbia Mission

* Space Shuttle Interactive Tour
http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/interactiveshuttle.html

A behind the scenes look at the innerworkings of the Space Shuttle.

* The Crew of the Columbia: Astronaut Biographies and SPACE.com TV Interviews
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_bios.html

SPACE.com TV Interviews the STS-107 Crew before the recent mission

* STS-107 Story Archive
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_storyarchive.html

A complete archive of stories relating to the STS-107 Shuttle Columbia Disaster

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Recent Headlines:

* World Leaders Send Regrets Over Shuttle
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/world_response_030202.html

* NASA Warns Public Not to Sell Space Shuttle Debris
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_debris_030202.html

* ISS After Columbia - Soyuz Option Politically Loaded Solution
http://www.space.com/news/soyuz_iran_030202.html

* NASA's 2004 Budget Request to be Released Without Fanfare
http://www.space.com/news/budget_nasa_030202.html

* Astronaut's Death Brings More Grief to Israel
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ramon_israel_030202.html

* NASA Unlikely to Build New Space Shuttle
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/new_shuttle_030202.html

* Ret. Navy Admiral to Lead U.S. Government Columbia Probe
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_gehman_030201.html

* Columbia Investigation Begins in Earnest
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_next_030201.html

* Space Station Crew Can Hold Out Until June if Needed
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/iss_crew_030201.html

* Shuttle Catastrophe to Stir Political; Policy Decision Making
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_policy_030201.html

* Columbia's Problems Began on Left Wing
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_leftwing_030201.html

* Three Committees to Probe Space Shuttle
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_probe_030201.html

* Full Text of Statement by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe on Shuttle Columbia 
Loss
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_okeefe_text_030201.html

* NASA's Aging Shuttle Fleet Called To Question
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_fleet_030201.html


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* SpaceWatch:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/

* Space Age Jobs
http://www.spacejobs.com/

* Uplink: Share your opinion!
http://uplink.space.com/

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SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (February 2, 2003)

3-Day Solar Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be mostly low, but there is a fair chance for an 
isolated M-class event from Region 276 sometime during the next three days.

3-Day Aurora Forecast
Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be mostly unsettled to active during 
the next 24 hours, but there will probably be some periods of minor storm 
levels as the current disturbance persists partway into the first day. A 
decrease to mostly unsettled is expected for the second day. An increase to 
unsettled to active is anticipated on the third day in response to a favorably 
positioned coronal hole.

Solar Data
The current sunspot number is 61, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in 
at 475 kilometers per second.

The solar wind density was 6.7 protons per cubic centimeter.

(Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the day.)

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html

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