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8:48am

Fri February 1, 2013
Local

East Texas poet to recite his elegy to fallen astronauts

Credit Peter Hoheisel
Jacksonville philosophy professor Peter Hoheisel will read his poem "Unplanned Destination" as part of the 10th anniversary remembrance of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Ten years after the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas, many communities are hosting exhibits and memorial services. NASA is holding a public memorial service at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the fateful morning in 2003, NASA’s James Hartsfield narrated the scene.

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7:35am

Fri February 1, 2013
Commentary

Gary Borders: On covering the Columbia disaster, the local angle

Credit Andrew Brosig
Two National Guardsmen stand over a piece of the Columbia Shuttle that landed in downtown Nacogdoches on Feb. 1, 2003.

Commentator Gary Borders recalls the fateful day when the Space Shuttle Columbia rained down over East Texas.

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