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Safety Team Looks Hard at Shuttle Columbia's Heavy Bolts.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 13--WASHINGTON--Investigators are examining whether parts from the massive bolts used to attach the space shuttle to its twin rocket boosters could break free during launch and pose a threat to NASA's three remaining orbiters.

There is no evidence that any of the bolts' hardware struck Columbia during the doomed ship's Jan. 16 liftoff. However, radar data showed an unknown piece of debris falling from Columbia at the time the shuttle's boosters were jettisoned. The board investigating Columbia's Feb. 1 breakup over central Texas is concerned about potential future problems.

"We need to close this out and we need to make sure that we understand it, if not for STS-107...

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