Press
Releases
The
following press releases from FEMA, NASA and EPA
are co-produced and reside on FEMA's and NASA's
Web sites.
May 5, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Recap
Of The Search For Columbia Shuttle Material
May 5, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Environmental
Protection Agency Sent 1,900 Responders To Columbia
Shuttle Search; Made 48,400 Debris Collections
April 28, 2003- FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Closing Disaster Field Office In Lufkin On May 10
April 24, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Ground Crews Log 1.4 Million Search-Hours; Operation
Functions Transitioning From FEMA To NASA In Late
April
April 23, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Shuttle Material Reporting Hotline Will Remain Open
April 17, 2003- FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Will Hand On-Going Recovery Operations To NASA April
30
April 14, 2003- FEMA Press Release - All
Reported Shuttle Debris In Louisiana Has Been Picked
Up, Residents Asked To Call 1-866-446-6603 To Report
Future Finds
April 10, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Ground
Crews Top 470,000 Acres Searched, 76 Percent Of
Ground Search Completed; 4,900 Personnel Actively
Looking For Columbia Shuttle Debris
April 8, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Shuttle Recovery Helicopter Air Operations Resume
April 7, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Recovery Dive Operations Drawing To Close
April 2, 2003- FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Obligates $ 2.78 Million To Reimburse Local Eligible
Shuttle Recovery Costs In Texas, Louisiana
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March 31, 2003- FEMA Press Release - More
than 90 Agencies Assemble to Assist in Shuttle Recovery
Effort
March 28, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Search Helicopter Crashes, Two Die, Three Injured;
Air Search Operation Suspended Pending Incident
Investigation
March 27, 2003- FEMA Press Release - 10,000
Plus Ground Searchers, Air Teams Cover 1.7 Million
Acres; More Than 42,000 Confirmed Columbia Debris
Items Are Found
March 26, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Shuttle Recovery Operation Pulls Search Crews Nationwide
March
25, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Primary
Search For Columbia Material Passes Halfway Mark
March 25, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Recovery Water Operations Overview
March 23, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Recovery Air Search Operation Overview
March 21, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Space
Shuttle Columbia Search Records Impressive Numbers
March 19, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Columbia
Recovery Operation Still Needs Help Finding Shuttle
Material
March 18, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Six-Week
Look Into Columbia Recovery Operation; Ground, Air
Crews Top 1.5 Million Acres Searched
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March 14, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Six-Week
Look Into Columbia Recovery Operation; Ground, Air
Crews Top 1 Million Acres Searched
March
13, 2003- FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Obligates $1.15 Million To Reimburse Local Eligible
Shuttle Recovery Costs In Texas, Louisiana
March 10, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Good
Weather Makes For Good Searching; Air, Land And
Water Searchers Fully Active
March 6, 2003- FEMA Press Release - 632
From Texas Help With Shuttle Material Search
March 6, 2003- FEMA Press Release - 64
From Virginia Help With Shuttle Material Search
March 6, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Search
Crews Cover 103,000 Acres, Retrieve 22,100 Pieces
Of Shuttle Material
March 5, 2003- FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Obligates $332,000 To Reimburse Local Shuttle Recovery
Efforts
March 4, 2003- FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Obligates $245,000 To Reimburse Texas Local Eligible
Shuttle Recovery Costs
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March 3, 2003- FEMA Press Release - States,
Counties Listed Where Pre Break-Up Material May
Have Landed
March 1, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Good
Progress Made In One Month of Shuttle Recovery
March 1, 2003- FEMA Press Release - Photographs,
Videos, Eyewitness Reports Still Needed
February 27,2003- FEMA Press Release - Search
For Shuttle Materials Continues
February 26, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Research Aircraft Searches Columbia's Path for Debris
February
25, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Corsicana
Iced In, Palestine Forced To Return; Nacogdoches,
Hemphill Crews In Field
February
25, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - 3,000
Plus Ground Searchers From 38 States Hunting Columbia
Debris, NASA Asks For Help From Landowners In Reporting
Suspected Finds
February
24, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - 155
Crews From 38 States Now On Ground
February
22, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Weather
Improves Search Conditions
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February
21, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Landowners
Advised As Search Intensifies
February
21, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - NASA
Says No Need To Stop Work In Fields, But Call If Debris
Found
February
19, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find, and Secure Columbia Accident
Activities
February
19, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Asks for Help in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico &
Utah
February
19, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Space
Shuttle Columbia Search and Recovery Enters New Phase
February
18, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find, And Secure Columbia Accident
Activities
February
18, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Shuttle
Recovery Information
February
17, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find, and Secure Columbia Accident
Activities
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February
16, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find, and Secure Columbia Accident
Activities
February
16, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - NASA
Asks For Continued Help From Area Residents
February
14, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Seeks Help from Sky Watchers
February
13, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Texas
Counties May Still Contain Shuttle Material
February
13, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Statement
by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (Feb.
13, 2003) Thermal Analysis Shows Hot Plasma Possible
in Columbia Left Wheel Well Area
February
13, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Columbia
Astronaut Remains Identified
February
13, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA/Texas
Working To Get Eligible Public Assistance Funds To
Local Agencies
February
13, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Shuttle
Damage Claims go to NASA
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February
12, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find, And Secure Activities Relating
To Columbia Accident
February
12, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Officials Explain 'Public Assistance' Program
February
12, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Joint
Congressional Hearing Results in Second Charter Amendment
for Gehman Board
February
11, 2003 - EPA Press Release - Shuttle
Material Not Present in Drinking Water
February
10, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Officials
Seek Second Round of Shuttle Searches
February
9, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Responds To Offers Of Donated Goods and Services For
Columbia Emergency
February
8, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - No
Injuries Confirmed Because Of Fallen Shuttle Materials;
Citizens Urged To Avoid Contact With Unfamiliar Objects
February
8, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find And Secure Activities For Columbia
Investigation
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February
7, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find And Secure Activities For Columbia
Investigation
February
6, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Seven
West Texas Counties Alerted Of Possible Scattered
Shuttle Material
February
6, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - President
Amends Columbia Emergency Declaration To Include All
Affected States
February
6, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Updates Columbia Accident Investigation
February
5, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - Substantial
New Resources Committed to Expedite Search and Collection
Effort for Columbia Material
February
5, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Updates Search, Find And Secure Activities For Columbia
Emergency
February
5, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Mission Control Center Status Report
February
5, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Researchers
Assess Status of STS-107 Scientific Data
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February
4, 2003 - FEMA Press Release -
FEMA Updates Search, Find And Secure Activities For
Columbia Emergency
February
4, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Assistance
Increased to Aid Columbia Debris Clean-Up
February
4, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Space
Shuttle Accident Investigation Board Chair Tours Recovery
Area
February
3, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Establishes Joint Information Center For Columbia
Debris Search, Find, And Secure Mission At Lufkin
Civic Center
February
3, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Continues To Coordinate Actions To Assist State And
Local Authorities In Search, Find And Secure Mission
For Columbia Debris
February
3, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Announces Corrected Procedure for Filing Damage Claims
February
3, 2003 - FEMA Press Release - FEMA
Puts Federal Resources Into Action To Assist State
And Local Authorities In Search, Find And Secure Mission
For Columbia Debris
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February
2, 2003 - EPA Press Release - EPA's
Continued Response to Columbia Shuttle Accident
February
2, 2003 - EPA Press Release - Respuesta
continua de la EPA al accidente del transbordador
espacial Columbia
February
2, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Handle
Space Shuttle Debris with Caution
February
2, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Announces Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation
Board
February
1, 2003 - NASA Press Release - NASA
Asks for Help with Columbia Investigation
February
1, 2003 - NASA Press Release - Statement
by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe
February
1, 2003 - NASA Fact Sheet - Space
Shuttle Columbia Crew Profiles
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