It records key data about what happened back in February when the shuttle was destroyed while coming into land.
All seven astronauts on board Columbia were killed in the disaster.
They know that it was because really hot gas got into the left wing and melted it, but they don't why that happened.
The recorder has been found almost completely intact, although at the moment no one knows if the tape inside is usable.
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