Return to Flight on Track Despite Setbacks

Posted on: Sep. 18th, 2004 || Source: space.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

NASA is making progress in its return to flight efforts, despite suffering setbacks from a recent rash of hurricanes that have pummeled the nation's space coast, according to the task force overseeing the agency's work.

In a teleconference with reporters today, the joint heads of the Stafford-Covey Task Force, led by veteran astronaut Thomas Stafford and Richard Covey, said NASA will meet all 10 of the remaining recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) by December.

But the already tight schedule has been made more so due to the recent storms.

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