Navy officials had been informed of the space agency’s seizure of shuttle wreckage but had not begun their own formal investigation. She said the Opportune had joined the search for Challenger debris in midApril and had made only a “visual check” of the ocean surface where the crew module was found.
By that time divers aboard the Navy salvage vessel U.S.S. Preserver had completed the task of lifting astronaut remains and crew compartment wreckage from the ocean floor.
Commander Burnette said there was “absolutely no evidence” that the Preserver’s crew members had kept wreckage from the search area as souvenirs.
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