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Host Steve Inskeep reviews what is known so far about the shuttle Columbia disaster.

NPR science correspondent Chris Joyce joins host Steve Inskeep to talk about the space shuttle Columbia. The shuttle was the oldest in the fleet and had been retrofitted several times.

Today President Bush was called upon for the second time to comfort a nation in mourning. He telephoned the families of the lost astronauts and then addressed the nation from the cabinet room.

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

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

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.

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 Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the relationship between the space program and global politics.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on reaction to the crash of the space shuttle Columbia in the communities around Edwards Air Force Base.

NPR's Chris Joyce reports on the technical issues investigators will explore as they try to arrive at an explanation of this weekend's space shuttle crash.