Fact-Finding Visit June 9 - 10, 2004 ATK Thiokol Propulsion Division Promontory, Utah NASA Associate Deputy Administrator Dr. Michael A. Greenfield, from right, discusses the agency’s return to flight activities with Return to Flight Task Group member Dr. Charles C. Daniel, and NASA Deputy Chief Engineer for Independent Technical Authority retired Navy Rear Admiral Walter H. Cantrell, during a Space Flight Leadership Council meeting in Ogden, Utah June 9, 2004. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group Co-Chairman Richard O. Covey, right, talks with NASA Deputy Chief Engineer for Independent Technical Authority retired Navy Rear Admiral Walter H. Cantrell, during a Space Flight Leadership Council meeting in Ogden, Utah June 9, 2004. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo NASA’s Space Flight Leadership Council meets in Ogden, Utah to review activities to return the Space Shuttle to flight. Members of the Return to Flight Task Group attended the meeting. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group member Dr. Charles C. Daniel, right, discusses NASA return to flight activities with Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Project Manager David M. Martin and project office member Zena Hester prior to a motor test at ATK Thiokol Propulsion Division in Promontory, Utah June 10, 2004. Members of the task group were at Thiokol to conduct fact-finding activities. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group member Dr. Charles C. Daniel observes a June 10, 2004 test firing of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor during a fact-finding visit to the ATK Thiokol plant in Promontory, Utah. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group member Dr. Charles C. Daniel, left, and technical staff member Charles H. Armstrong, inspect Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor test set up prior to a motor firing June 10, 2004 at the ATK Thiokol plant in Promontory, Utah. Members of the task group were conducting fact-finding activities at the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo A full-scale Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor is fired at ATK Thiokol Propulsion Division’s Promontory, Utah, test facility June 10, 2004, testing modifications designed to enhance the safety and integrity of the Space Shuttle. Members of the Return to Flight Task Group observed the test during a fact-finding visit to the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo A full-scale Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor is fired at ATK Thiokol Propulsion Division’s Promontory, Utah, test facility June 10, 2004, testing modifications designed to enhance the safety and integrity of the Space Shuttle. Members of the Return to Flight Task Group observed the test during a fact-finding visit to the facility. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo Back to Multimedia Privacy | Disclaimer | Accessibility