Fact-Finding Plenary September 9 - 11, 2003 Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas Return to Flight Task Group members review the agenda for the group’s fact-finding meetings in Houston Sept. 9 through 11, 2003. From left are retired Navy Rear Admiral Walter H. Canterell, retired Air Force Lieutenant General Forrest McCartney, and ,standing, Robert Seick. The 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 members participate in fact-finding meeting in Houston Sept. 10, 2003. The group is chartered to assess NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Richard O. Covey, co-chairman of the Return to Flight Task Group, right, and David Lengyel, the group’s executive secretary receive a briefing on NASA’s return to flight plans during a fact-finding visit to Houston Sept. 10, 2003. The group is chartered to assess NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group Co-chairman Richard O. Covey listens to a briefing on NASA’s return to flight plans during the group’s fact-finding visit to Houston Sept. 10, 2003. The group is chartered to assess NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Retired Air Force Reserve Major General Bill Anders participates in a fact-finding meeting of the Return to Flight Task Group in Houston Sept. 10, 2003. Anders, a former NASA astronaut, is a member of the 30-member group chartered to assess NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Task Group member Dr. Rosemary O'Leary listens to a briefing on NASA’s plans to return the Space Shuttle to flight during the group’s fact-finding meeting Sept. 10, 2003 in Houston. The group is chartered to assess NASA’s implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s return to flight recommendations. View Larger Photo Dr. Decatur Rogers of the Return to Flight Task Group participates in the group’s Sept. 10, 2003 fact-finding meeting in Houston. The 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 member Dr. Dan Crippen listens to a briefing on NASA’s plans to return the Space Shuttle to flight during the group’s Sept. 10, 2003 fact-finding visit to Houston. The group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Extra-Vehicular Activity Officer Donna Weigel, right, discusses one of the tools used by astronauts during spacewalks with Dr. Amy Donahue of the Return to Flight Task Group. Members of the Task Group’s Operations Panel toured the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston during a fact-finding visit Sept. 10, 2003. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of Columbia Accident Investigation Board recommendations. View Larger Photo Return to Flight Planning Team Leader, Jim Halsell, left, briefs members of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Operations Panel on extra-vehicular activity training during a visit to the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Sept. 10, 2003. The Task Group is chartered to conduct an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Flight Director Phil Engelauf, right, briefs members of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Management Panel during a Sept. 10, 2003 visit to the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Members of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Management Panel talk with Mission Evaluation Room Manager Don McCormack, left, during a Sept. 10, 2003 tour of the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Task Group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Back to Multimedia Privacy | Disclaimer | Accessibility