Columbia Disaster Tape Published

World | February 12, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

Officials investigating the Columbia shuttle disaster have released an audio tape of conversations between flight controllers at Mission Control during the spacecraft's last minutes. The tape reveals how engineers monitoring the space shuttle's descent became aware of a succession of problems before they lost contact with the shuttle. On Wednesday, NASA's top official Sean O'Keefe, is due to appear before the first congressional hearing into the tragedy. It is still unclear what caused Columbia to disintegrate 40 miles (65 kilometres) above the Earth on 1 February.

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