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Bush Pays Tribute to Columbia Astronauts

NPR | By Wade Goodwyn
Published February 3, 2003 at 11:00 PM CST

At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, President Bush joins thousands of mourners for a memorial service honoring the seven astronauts who died when the space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry Feb. 1. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

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