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On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986.
The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost as it returned from a two-week mission when previously detected damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system (TPS) resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart during reentry at an altitude of just under 65 km and a speed of about Mach 19. Investigation revealed that a piece of foam insulation had fallen ...
After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.
Challenger is a 1990 American disaster drama television film based on the events surrounding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. Its production was somewhat controversial [10] as the families [11] [12] of the astronauts generally objected to it.
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, a Boeing 727 flying between Dallas-Fort Worth and Salt Lake City on Aug. 31, 1988, crashed shortly after takeoff. Of the 108 on board, two crew members and 12 ...
Startling video shows a helicopter spinning out of control and crashing into a small plane at a Texas airport — with the pilot miraculously walking away unscathed.
Challenger: The Final Flight is a 2020 American docuseries developed by Glen Zipper and Steven Leckart for Netflix. [3] It focuses on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, including the build-up to the flight, interviews with key individuals and fallout from the disaster.
The flight originated in Midland, a Texas oilpatch city 330 miles (531 kilometers) west of Dallas, and had been attempting an emergency landing at the Aero Country Airport, the fire department said.