09:00:18 (EI+969): Videos and eyewitness reports by observers on the ground in and near Dallas indicated that the Orbiter had disintegrated overhead, continued to break up into smaller pieces, and left multiple ion trails, as it continued eastward.
09:00:18（EI+969）－达拉斯附近的地面观察者作出的录像与目击者报告显示轨道器在其上空解体、不断破裂成更小的碎片并留下若干向东的凝结尾。