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A panel of former NASA engineers and military officials prepares to take over the Columbia investigation. More than a week after the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry, NASA says it has no clear answers. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

Host Liane Hansen offers a correction to a recent piece from reporter David D'Arcy on the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.

Host Liane Hansen reads from listener comments.

Kevin Lavery of member station KWMU in St. Louis reports on a massive undertaking by several botanical institutions to create an internet database listing of every known plant species.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr questions whether the shuttle program, which has now cost 14 lives, has outlived its usefulness.

The tax cuts being proposed by President Bush remind many of the Reagan cuts of the 1980s which were then followed by huge budget deficits. NPR's David Welna reports on the possible return of Reaganomics.

Beyond the obvious sacrifices of shipping out for a possible war effort, Camp Pendleton's departing Marines are learning how hard it is to leave loved ones behind -- furry loved ones.

The new Netflix series Maya and the Three takes place in a world inspired Latin American folklore. It's the work of the husband-and-wife team Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua.

NPR's Steve Inskeep and Quil Lawrence speak to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough about how the agency is caring for veterans.

NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports from the Korolyov Space Center outside Moscow where ground controllers monitored today's successful docking of the Russian cargo ship Progress with the international space station. The Progress brought vital food, water and fuel to the three-man crew. With the American shuttle fleet grounded because of the Columbia tragedy, attention is focused again on Russia's ailing space program and what it can contribute to keep space station Alpha going.