The Nation - News from April 18, 1986

A Navy salvage ship brought to port parts of a wing, landing gear and fuselage from the destroyed space shuttle, including a piece with the word Challenger stenciled in black on it, officials said at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Experts were examining the recovered material to identify how it fits into the mosaic of wreckage being assembled in a hangar. “We don’t know precisely what this debris consists of until the experts get a chance to look at it,” Lt. Cmdr. Deborah Burnette said. Burnette added that there were no reports of further recovery of remains of the seven crew members killed in the Jan. 28 disaster.