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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A flatbed truck carrying pieces of debris of Space Shuttle Columbia arrives outside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The debris is being transferred from the Columbia Debris Hangar to the VAB for permanent storage. More than 83,000 pieces of debris were shipped to KSC during search and recovery efforts in East Texas. That represents about 38 percent of the dry weight of Columbia, equaling almost 85,000 pounds.