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We hear a montage of reports from eyewitnesses to the Columbia disaster. (This is a repeat from earlier in the show.)

NPR's Tom Gjelten joins host Steve Inskeep to discuss the national security concerns that have surrounded this shuttle Columbia mission since its inception -- its timing and the presence of an Israeli on board.

NPR's John Burnett joins host Steve Inskeep from the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, where NASA missions are directed and its people are considered to be friends and family.

We hear a montage of reports from eyewitnesses to the shuttle Columbia disaster.

NPR's Ira Flatow and NPR's Steve Inskeep discuss the challenges in NASA's immediate and longterm future.

We hear the last communication with the space shuttle Columbia before it broke up on reentry. NPR's Larry Abramson joins host Steve Inskeep to talk about some of the technical problems known thus far, such as temperature anomalies.

White House correspondent Don Gonyea reviews President Bush's day, which began at Camp David. Bush had been watching the NASA channel on television awaiting the return of the shuttle.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the disaster's impact on America's contribution to the international space station. (This is a repeat from earlier in the show.)

NPR's Ned Wharton captures reactions to the shuttle Columbia disaster from visitors at the National Air & Space Museum. (This is a repeat from earlier in the show.)

NPR's Tavis Smiley spoke with shuttle Columbia's pilot, Willie McCool, and payload commander Mike Anderson, as they orbited the Earth in late January.