Independent panel to oversee shuttle return to flight
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2003, 11:10 AM ET (1510 GMT)
An independent panel whose membership includes former astronauts will oversee NASA’s plans to return the shuttle to flight, administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday. Retired astronaut Richard Covey, a veteran of four missions including STS-26, the first post-Challenger flight, will lead a panel that will study how the agency complies with recommendations made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Covey’s panel will report to a larger group led by former astronaut Tom Stafford that is charged with an overall review of NASA's return to flight plans. A formal announcement about the group is planned in the near future, O'Keefe said during a breakfast speech in Washington. O'Keefe also said in the speech that Russia has agreed to move up a Progress cargo flight to the station from January of 2004 to this November to help maintain the flow of supplies to the station while the shuttle remains grounded.
An independent panel whose membership includes former astronauts will oversee NASA’s plans to return the shuttle to flight, administrator Sean O'Keefe said Thursday. Retired astronaut Richard Covey, a veteran of four missions including STS-26, the first post-Challenger flight, will lead a panel that will study how the agency complies with recommendations made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Covey’s panel will report to a larger group led by former astronaut Tom Stafford that is charged with an overall review of NASA's return to flight plans. A formal announcement about the group is planned in the near future, O'Keefe said during a breakfast speech in Washington. O'Keefe also said in the speech that Russia has agreed to move up a Progress cargo flight to the station from January of 2004 to this November to help maintain the flow of supplies to the station while the shuttle remains grounded.
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