(Oakland University, 2010-01-01) Gottschalk, Keith; Cole, Natalie B.
In 2003 space shuttle Columbia disintegrated, killing all on board. By a fluke of the laws of aerodynamics, the Israeli astronaut’s blue star air force emblem & diary survived intact, and fluttered 60 kms. down to ground. By a fluke of geography, they fell to earth outside a small Texas town called Palestine.