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      "date": "2003-09-02",
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      "title": "NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia: Synopsis of the Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board",
      "summary": "NASA's space shuttle  Columbia  broke apart on February 1, 2003 as it returned to\nEarth from a\n16-day science mission. All seven astronauts aboard were killed. NASA created the\n Columbia \nAccident Investigation Board (CAIB), chaired by Adm. (Ret.) Harold Gehman, to investigate the\naccident. The Board released its report (available at  http://www.caib.us ) on August 26, 2003,\nconcluding that the tragedy was caused by technical and organizational failures. The CAIB report\nincluded 29 recommendations, 15 of which the Board specified must be completed before the shuttle\nreturns to flight status. This report provides a brief synopsis of the Board's conclusions,\nrecommendations, and observations. Further information on  Columbia  and issues for\nCongress are\navailable in  CRS Report RS21408 . This report will not be updated.",
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