Independent Shuttle Disaster Probe Begins

By Debbie Elliott

Published February 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

An independent board appointed by NASA begins its investigation of the shuttle disaster. The disaster probe in part will be modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board investigations of airplane crashes. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

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