Fact-Finding Visit December 2, 2003 Michoud Assembly Facility New Orleans, Louisiana Return to Flight Task Group Technical Panel members and support staff inspect an External Tank planned for the STS-114 Space Shuttle mission during a Dec 2, 2003 fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations builds the External Tank for NASA at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group Technical Panel members and support staff inspect an External Tank planned for the STS-114 Space Shuttle mission during a Dec 2, 2003 fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations builds the External Tank for NASA at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group Technical Panel members and support staff inspect an External Tank planned for the STS-114 Space Shuttle mission during a Dec 2, 2003 fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations builds the External Tank for NASA at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Warren Ussery, Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) Team Lead, with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations, briefs members of the Return to Flight Task Group on NDE techniques being developed for Space Shuttle External Tank insulation. Task group members and staff participated in a fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Dec. 2, 2003. Task group members are, from left, Joseph W. Cuzzupoli, Retired Navy Rear Admiral Walter H. Cantrell, Sy Rubenstein, and Task Group Co-chairman Richard O. Covey. Lockheed Martin builds the External Tank for NASA at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Warren Ussery, Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) Team Lead, with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations, explains an NDE technique being developed for use on the Space Shuttle External Tank foam insulation to members of the Return to Flight Task Group during a fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Dec. 2, 2003. Task group members are, from left, Joseph W. Cuzzupoli, and Retired Navy Rear Admiral Walter H. Cantrell. Lockheed Martin builds the External Tank for NASA at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Warren Ussery, Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) Team Lead, with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations, briefs members of the Return to Flight Task Group on NDE techniques being developed for Space Shuttle External Tank insulation. Task group members and staff participated in a fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Dec. 2, 2003. From left are Rob Hammond, Richard O. Covey, Joseph W. Cuzzupoli, Retired Navy Rear Admiral Walter H. Cantrell, and Sy Rubenstein. Lockheed Martin builds the External Tank for NASA at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Warren Ussery, Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) Team Lead, with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations, demonstrates an NDE technique being developed for use on the Space Shuttle External Tank foam insulation for members of the Return to Flight Task Group during a fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 2, 2003. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Back to Multimedia Privacy | Disclaimer | Accessibility