No more Shuttle Program. They died. What did he what did they accomplish . There was not a lot positive at that point in time. The legacy of columbia must carry on. The shuttles chief purpose over the next several years will be to help Finish Assembly of the international Space Station. This could easily have just stopped cold, but we made a decision to continue this Exploration Quest that they just gave their lives for. 2, 1. Booster ignition. And Lift Off of the Space Shuttle Discovery returning to the Space Station paving the way for future missions beyond. I was very quickly assigned to the second return to flight mission sts121. Steve lindsey joined on the Flight Deck by Pilot Mark kelly, headed for six months on the international Space Station. You know, certainly one of the legacies of columbia and the entire space Shuttle Program is we learned how to more safely fly