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inspects debris for dangers to public, 141

involvement in search, 82, 118

mobilizes for two month retrieval effort, 172

restrictions on storage and movement of hazardous materials, 153–154

eulogy for Columbia and crew by Robert Crippen, 155

Evidence Recovery Team, FBI, 108, 142, 145

exclusion zone, launch security, 17–18

Expedition Six, 203–204

Faget, Maxime, 271

failure sequence study, 151–152

families visit reconstruction hangar, 247–250

fault tree analysis of accident, 139, 187

FBI

accident plus 8 hours, 82

Evidence Recovery Team, 108, 142, 145

meets with response personnel to assess priorities, 88–90

terrorism ruled out, 227

Tyler, TX office, 52

feasibility of rescuing crew, 267–269

feasibility of repair in flight, 269–270

Featherstone, Brit, 69

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

accident plus 2 hours 30 minutes, 69–70

accident plus 8 hours, 82

debates with NASA on incident leadership, 92

disaster field office in Lufkin, TX, 72

gears up for two month retrieval effort, 172

meets with response personnel to assess priorities, 88–90

sets up at Barksdale with MIT, 83

sets up command center in Lufkin, TX, 78–79

works to clear debris from public places, 144

Ferguson, Chris, 144–145

Fight Crew Operations Directorate, 57

Fin and Feather Resort, 142

Firing Room, 16, 19–21, 37, 47, 54–55

Fixed Service Structure, 20–21

Flight Control team, Houston, 37

Flight Crew Operations, 162

Florida 3 fire crew, 187–190

Florida Manatees, 244

Florida Marlins, 243

foam shedding, 25–29, 244–245, 265–266, 268, 270, 272, 275–277, 294

foam strike

analysis of, 28–33

and Columbia breakup, 56

conclusive test, 246–247

damage analysis, 28–31

other occurrences involving foam loss, 29

SwRI tests, 244–247

food donations, 120–122

Forest Resources Institute, Stephen F. Austin State University, 150–151

“Forever Remembered,” 260, 282

Fort Polk, 63, 95, 100, 102–104, 174, 186

Fort Worth Naval Air Station, 142

Furr, Jim, 194

Gagen, Denny, 90, 141

Galbraith, Peter, 51, 69

Galileo , xi

Garan, Ron, 154

Gay, Belinda

called in to help with food, 77

commemorative sites, 281

food services and volunteers, 120

takes over meal service organization, 111

thank-you dinner, 203–204

visits Kennedy Space Center for Discovery launch, 274

visits reconstruction hangar, 250

volunteers to search, 90–91

walking with searchers, 94

Gay, Roger

food services and volunteers, 120

Hemphill VFW commander, 77

on support of searchers, 135

thank-you dinner, 203–204

visits reconstruction hangar, 250

visits Kennedy Space Center for Discovery launch, 274

Gehman, Adm. Harold “Hal,” Jr., retired, 64–65, 116, 162, 267–269

Geographical Information System, 149

Gibson, Robert L. “Hoot,” 33

Good, Mike, 61

Of Good Courage , 282

good-luck traditions, 20

Gordon, Mike, 231

Gorie, Dominic “Dom”

aerial crews, searchers, 71–72

arrives at Lufkin, reviews debris reports, 99–100

Collins asks if her crew can join search, 199–200

on compartmentalization, 240

considers Forest Service taking over debris retrieval, 169–170

deploys to Whittle’s team, 62

escorts crew remains, 111

funeral for helicopter crash victims, 197–198

lessons learned, 285

operations organization needed for debris retrieval, 168

reports in on debris findings, 147

takes turn running retrieval effort with Ross, 172

thank-you dinner, 203–204

GPS equipment shortage, 96–97

Gray, Mary Beth, 131

Great Observatories missions, 8

Gregory, Fred, 64, 140–142

grid searching process, 93–94

Griffin, Mike, 270

Grissom, Gus, 220

“ground zero,” Hemphill as, 280

Grunsfeld, John, 95, 97, 122–123, 151, 184

Hale, Wayne, 4, 276

Halsell, James, 157

Ham, Linda, 62

Hamel, Don, 37

Hamilton, Doug, 43–44, 59–60, 67, 97, 196, 284–285

Hanley, Robert

among last people to see Columbia , 41

escorts crew’s children through hangar, 248

interface for crew and teams at KSC, 11

launch day, 20

lessons learned, 287

on possible debris strike, 29

reconstruction hangar, 211

and yellow dinosaur, 222

Harrison, James, 254–256

healing and closure

crew laid to rest, 237–239

foam strike tests, 244–247

focusing on the future, 250–251

returning to normal life, challenges of, 239–243

social events, 243–244

visits to reconstruction hangar, 247–250

heatshield, 25–33, 144

Heflin, Milt, 80

helicopter crash, 195–198

helicopter flights continue, 199

Hemphill. See also VFW Post

citizens care for workers from Kennedy, 128

Cohrs on, 49

collection centers, 104–105, 161–162

communication problems, search crews, 109–110

as “ground zero,” 280–281

incident command center, 124–126, 146–147

logistics problems supporting searchers, 111–115, 134

memorial services for Columbia , 132–133

NASA teams arrive at command center, 97–98

news of final crew remains found, 167

noises during shuttle breakup, 43–44

search camp, 174

volunteers gather to look for crew remains, 90–93

weather radar images showing Columbia debris path, 55

Hemphill First Baptist Church, 73

Herrington, John, 137, 191, 198, 218

Hesselmeyer, Bob, 100

Hobaugh, Charles, 42

Hoffman, Tom, 185

Holmes, Felix, 177, 196–197, 243

Hooper, Judy, 46, 55

Horowitz, Scott, 96, 122–123

Hubble Space Telescope, xi, xii, 8, 270, 277

Humanities Undergraduate Environmental Sciences (HUES), Stephen F. Austin State Univ., 150–151

Hurricane Katrina, 276

Husband, Col. Rick

burial site, 237

flight to Houston, 17

informed of foam strike, 31

landing day, 36–39

launch day, 22–23

as mission commander, 9–14

practice landings, 39

reentry approach, 38

remembers Challenger and Apollo 1, 32–33

scripture recited before launch, 75, 288

touches mission decal (ritual), 20

transmission cut off mid-word, 42

Husband, Evelyn, 281, 293

Husband, Matthew, 275

Ice Team, KSC 19–20

IKONOS satellite terrain imagery, 163

Iles, Don, 59

Imation Corporation, 189

impact craters, 99–102

implementation of CAIB recommendations, 272–277

incident management teams (IMTs), 168–170, 175, 182

Indian Mounds Wilderness Area, 156–157

intelligence community photos, 30

International Space Station and Space Shuttle Mishap Interagency Investigation Board, 65

International Space Station (ISS)

assembled by shuttle crews, x, xii, 171, 293

Columbia needed to fly mission to, 15, 34

completed by shuttle missions, 271–272

Discovery docking, 275

final shuttle missions, 277

live video message to Lufkin celebration, 203–204

Progress ship delivers supplies, 115–116

remains manned, 273

schedule to complete impacted by disaster, 46–47

International Space Station Program Office, 7

Iraq War, 167, 169

ISS Expedition 6, 264

Ivins, Marsha, 96, 211, 220, 281

Jasper

collection center, 105, 162