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Charred Hard Drive from Space Shuttle Columbia Recovered (Best Data Rescue Ever?)

It's taken four and a half years, but the data recovery specialists charged with extracting data from a cracked, charred 400MB Seagate drive aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia have done their duty, retrieving 99% of the information written to the disk. The Columbia burned up on re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003, over Louisiana and Texas. Computerworld reports that the drive was found in a dry lakebed and handed to a team at Kroll Ontrack about six months after the tragedy, but the successful recovery has only just come to light. So, you ask, what was on the drive that was so important? More »

11:10 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Wilson Rothman
28,241 views, 48 comments

Latest by n/a: @Leathersoup: True, but I personally believe that wasn't worth the cost either. That's just a matter of opinion. more »