Hi! How are you today? I'm fine. My biology teacher didn't come to school because she needed the day of. I have the best score in the typing numbers of the whole class. I think that I'm typing faster than usually. I have to improve more in the keys because david is still in the lead of the class. I heard that some people in the class have also joined in the game. Tyler got a good score on his first try. I'm also reciving my class grades in aljebra. I turned in my IB papers and also my forecast sheet and I tied the in the basketball today. We're 1-1-2 ( thats our standing).
I'm done with all the work that I had to do in the week.

Hi! How are you today. I'm fine. I lost two of my basketball games and the only one I won was against my friends. I got the game I was supposedd to get a month ago. My friend cory is the second best now but i still need to beat him first. I can type even faster than i had yesturday. I had a typing test yesturday and I improved one word faster than the first time. I will keep on typing for today anyways I'm done with my assignment that was about the Columbus crash. I hope i will beat Cory and David today.

Hi! How are you today. I'm fine. I lost two of my basketball games and the only one I won was against my friends. I got the game I was supposedd to get a month ago. My friend cory is the second best now but i still need to beat him first. I can type even faster than i had yesturday. I had a typing test yesturday and I improved one word faster than the first time. I will keep on typing for today anyways I'm done with my assignment that was about the Columbus crash. I hope i will beat Cory and David today.

Hi! How are you today? I'm fine, today was a very strange day with all sorts fo events that it made me hungry earlier than expected. My friends are a little bit quiet now because of the computer program that we are doing. I think that I'm typing faster now. this program has helped me much more than other programs. The people who have tried it have liked alot and keep on typing. I can type 47 words per minute and I'm also doing numbers in the same program that we are doing.

Hi! How are you today? I'm fine, today was a very strange day with all sorts fo events that it made me hungry earlier than expected. My friends are a little bit quiet now because of the computer program that we are doing. I think that I'm typing faster now. this program has helped me much more than other programs. The people who have tried it have liked alot and keep on typing. I can type 47 words per minute and I'm also doing numbers in the same program that we are doing.

Along with the remains, a charred NASA patch and a flight helmet were found on a rural road in Hemphill, east of Nacogdoches, Texas, according to The Associated Press.FBI agents in Texas are helping local authorities recover shuttle debris, FBI Dallas field office spokeswoman Lori Bailey told CNN.Streaking through the atmosphere at 18 times the speed of sound, Columbia disintegrated Saturday morning about 15 minutes before its scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Those killed on the ill-fated shuttle flight were commander Rick D. Husband; pilot William C. McCool; payload commander Michael P. Anderson; mission specialists David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark; and Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. "Columbia's lost. There are no survivors," a grim-faced President Bush later said in an address to the American people. "These astronauts knew the dangers and they faced them willingly, knowing they had a high and noble purpose in life.With their voices sometimes threatening to break, NASA officials vowed they would find the cause of the disaster so their colleagues' sacrifice would not be in vain. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, assisted by military forces from Fort Hood, Texas, have begun collecting debris from Columbia. People were urged not to go near the debris because it could contain toxic substances from the shuttle fuel.

To assist the recovery effort, the Federal Aviation Administration prohibited aircraft from flying below 3,000 feet in an area 160 miles long and 40 miles wide extending from Cedar Creek, Texas, to Fort Polk, Louisiana. The FAA also urged pilots and airlines to be alert to a debris cloud in the area -- 95 miles long and more than 22 miles wide -- that could create a "visibility issue" for pilots.

Witnesses in Texas reported debris falling from the sky, accompanied by a cascade of thunder.

"When it got nearer, we could see flecks or pieces coming off of it," said Linda Steed, who lives near Nacogdoches, Texas. She said the sound "reverberated" for several minutes, "like a rolling thunder."

"I'm devastated. It's unbelievable. It makes me so sad," she said. (Witness reports)

Heat-detecting weather radar showed a bright red streak moving across the wide Texas sky.

Reports of charred debris stretched from Corsicana, southeast of Dallas, into Louisiana, and could turn up as far east as Arkansas, and as far west as Arizona and New Mexico. More on debris found)

Officials asked anyone who finds shuttle debris to call (281) 483-3388.

Questions raised about foam piece that fell during launch
Even as they mourn for their seven friends and colleagues killed in the shuttle disaster, NASA officials have begun investigating why Columbia broke into pieces.

"My promise to the crew and to the crew families is that the investigation that we have just launched will find the cause, we'll fix it and then we'll move on. We can't let their sacrifice be in vain," said NASA associate Administrator Bill Readdy, a veteran of two shuttle flights. (Transcript)

Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said the first indication of trouble was loss of temperature sensors on the left wing. "They were followed seconds and minutes later by several other problems, including loss of tire pressure indications on the left main gear and then indications of excessive structural heating."

Officials said they will take another look at a piece of foam that came off during takeoff.

The fact that the foam struck the left wing, site of some of the sensors that failed Saturday, means that the incident will need to be investigated further, NASA chief flight director Milt Heflin said.

But Dittemore cautioned against jumping to conclusions, saying what looks like "the smoking gun" many times turns "out not even to be close."

"Is that the smoking gun?" he said. "It is not. We don't know enough about it. A lot more analysis and evidence needs to come to the table." (More on investigation)

A NASA official said the shuttle's altitude made it "highly unlikely" that it was a victim of a terrorist act. FBI officials also quickly discounted the possibility of foul play or terrorism. (Full story)

Space shuttle flights have been put on hold until NASA can learn what caused the disaster. NASA says the international space station, where two astronauts and a cosmonaut remain, has enough supplies to last the crew until June.


Columbia mission patch found alongside road in Texas



The next shuttle flight had been scheduled for March 1.

Columbia is the oldest of NASA's shuttle fleet, first launched in 1981. It was on its 28th mission. The shuttle underwent an extensive, 17-month overhaul that began in September 1999. (Columbia history)

It rejoined the shuttle fleet in February 2001 and flew its first mission after the upgrades in March 2002.

Columbia was lost less than a week after the anniversaries of two other deadly space program disasters -- the 17th anniversary of the explosion of the shuttle Challenger on January 28 and the 36th anniversary of a launchpad fire that killed three Apollo astronauts January 27.







"All Americans today are thinking, as well, of the families of these men and women who have been given this sudden shock and grief. You are not alone. Our entire nation grieves with you, and those you love will always have the respect and gratitude of this country"
President George W. Bush

The shuttle disaster "reminds us all of the dangers faced by those who venture into space. That knowledge, however, does little to lessen the shock and ease the sadness we feel at this dark moment. We will never forget the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in this bold quest over the years."
Former president Bill Clinton

Hi! How are you today? I'm fine. I got to type better. My friend David got the highest score in all the class. He got to 3040 points mean while I got 2640 points. I'll try to get up to 3000 points. I got the best score in my computer. David trying to get up to 4000 today! That is very tight. That seems to be very far for me. My other friend Cory got out of the class. He tried to get David out fo the score board in the computer; that's why they were fighting. I'll try to get better at this today.