She said she didn't know where else the remains might be sent. Olivia Nelson, said Sunday: "Things are a little more tentative now. Officials had initially said identification would be done at Dover, but a base spokeswoman, Lt. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The remains may be analyzed at the same center that identified the remains of the Challenger astronauts and the Pentagon victims of the Sept. Under Jewish law, mourners normally must bury their dead within 24 hours, then immediately begin observing a mourning ritual. ambassador was in Houston conferring with NASA officials. "It's still in the process of identifications, and we're working closely with representatives of the Israeli government to ensure that everything is done properly."Īstronaut Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot. "We found remains from all the astronauts," Bob Cabana, director of flight crew operations, said Sunday. While forensics experts said the fragmentary remains could be genetically identified despite the craft's disintegration 39 miles overhead, details about exactly how the seven astronauts died and how quickly could be elusive. Remains of all seven astronauts in the space shuttle Columbia crew have been recovered in rural east Texas, NASA officials said Sunday.
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