Mission Control Transcript Mixes Professionalism, Tension

Columbia Reentry Flight Director Leroy Cain said the moment one of his flight controllers reported abnormal sensor data from the orbiter's left wing during reentry Feb. 1, he thought of the launch impact debris analysis performed on the left wing in the days prior to reentry. "Did it flash into my...

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