Fact-Finding Plenary June 6 - 7, 2005 Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas The Return to Flight Task Groups participates in a fact-finding plenary session with NASA in Houston, June 6, 2005. 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 NASA Space Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons briefs the Return to Flight Task Group during a June 6, 2005, fact-finding plenary in Houston. 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 Richard Kohrs, a member of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Technical Panel, conducts fact-finding on the status of External Tank ice debris shedding during a plenary meeting of the group on June 6, 2005. 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 John Casper, NASA Space Shuttle Program representative, right, responds to questions from members of the Return to Flight Task Group during a fact-finding plenary session in Houston on June 6, 2005. 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, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, left, and Richard O. Covey, receive a briefing from NASA during a June 6, 2005 fact-finding plenary session in Houston. 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, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, left, and Richard O. Covey, receive a briefing from NASA during a June 6, 2005 fact-finding plenary session in Houston. 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 Retired Air Force General Ron Fogleman, conducts fact-finding during a June 6, 2005 plenary session of the Return to Flight Task Group. 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 Technical Panel Lead Joseph Cuzzupoli, questions NASA managers during a June 6, 2005, fact-finding plenary in Houston. 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 Dr. Kathryn Clark participates in a fact-finding session of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Operations Panel, during the group’s June 6, 2005, plenary session in Houston. 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 Operations Panel Lead retired Army Col. James C. Adamson, right, and panel member Dr. Kathryn C. Thornton, listen to a presentation during a June 6, 2005, fact-finding session of the panel. 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 Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bill Anders, reviews data during a June 6, 2005, fact-finding plenary session of the Return to Flight Task Group in Houston. . 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 members Dr. Decatur Rogers, left, and Ben Cosgrove, review data presented by NASA during a session of the committee’s June 6, 2005, fact-finding plenary meeting in Houston. 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