Allard Beutel<br />Headquarters, Washington<br />(Phone: 202/358-4769) June 24, 2003<br /><br /><br />Kyle Herring<br />Johnson Space Center, Houston<br />(Phone: 281/483-5111)<br /><br /><br />RELEASE: 03-212<br /><br /><br />NEW SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA IMAGES RELEASED<br /><br /><br /> NASA today released recovered photographs and video <br />taken by the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia during its <br />scientific research mission in January. The imagery was found <br />during search efforts since the loss of Columbia Feb. 1.<br /><br /><br />The Columbia Accident Investigation Board recently determined <br />the material was not relevant to their investigation. The <br />imagery documents the STS-107 mission from the crew's <br />perspective. The imagery includes almost 10 hours of <br />recovered video and 92 photographs. It includes in-cabin, <br />Earth observation and experiment-related imagery. The Shuttle <br />carried 337 videotapes, but only 28 were found with some <br />recoverable footage. The mission carried 137 rolls of film, <br />but only 21 were found containing recoverable photographs.<br /><br /><br />The imagery is among the more than 84,000 pieces of debris <br />recovered. The debris weighs 84,900 pounds, about 38 percent <br />of the dry weight of Columbia. More than 30,000 people <br />assisted in the search conducted through the combined efforts <br />of NASA, FEMA, EPA, the U.S. and Texas Forest Services. The <br />Columbia Recovery Office at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) <br />was established to continue accepting calls about debris, <br />since the formal search was completed in April. The toll free <br />number to report debris is: 1/866/446-6603.<br /><br /><br />Selected scenes and photographs will be broadcast on NASA <br />Television today at 12:15 p.m. EDT. News media may obtain the <br />video and photos in their entirety by calling the JSC Media <br />Resource Center at: 281/483-4231. NASA Television is <br />broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 <br />degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. <br />Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz. <br />Information about NASA and the Columbia accident <br />investigation is on the Internet at:<br /><br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov