Public Meeting June 8, 2005 Webster Civic Center Houston, Texas Return to Flight Task Group Co-chairmen Richard O. Covey, left, and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, conduct the Task Group’s June 8, 2005 public meeting in Webster, Texas. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group Co-chairmen Richard O. Covey, left, and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, conduct the Task Group’s June 8, 2005 public meeting in Webster, Texas. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo Members of the news media cover the Return to Flight Task Group’s June 8, 2005 public meeting in Webster, Texas. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group Management Panel lead Dr. Dan Crippen, left, responds to questions from Task Group members during the committee’s June 8, 2005 public meeting in Webster, Texas. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo The Return to Flight Task Group conducts a deliberative public meeting June 8, 2005, in Webster, Texas. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo The Return to Flight Task Group conducts a deliberative public meeting June 8, 2005, in Webster, Texas. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group co-chairmen and panel leads conduct a media briefing at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, following the group’s June 8 2005 public meeting in Webster Texas. Briefers are from left, Joe Cuzzupoli, Technical Panel lead, retired Army Col. James Adamson, Operations Panel lead, Dr. Dan Crippen, Management Panel lead, Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, co-chairmen, and Dave Drachlis, moderator. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return-to-flight recommendations. View Larger Photo Back to Multimedia Privacy | Disclaimer | Accessibility