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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.
STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission ended on February 1, 2003, with the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which killed all seven crew members and destroyed the space shuttle.
Columbia: 2 d 6 h: Young: Crippen: 2 November 12 1981 STS-2: Columbia: 2 d 6 h Engle: Truly: 3 March 22 1982 STS-3: Columbia: 8 d 0 h Lousma: Fullerton: 4 June 27 1982 STS-4: Columbia: 7 d 1 h Mattingly: Hartsfield: 5 November 11 1982 STS-5: Columbia: 5 d 2 h Brand: Overmyer: J. Allen: Lenoir: 6 April 4 1983 STS-6: Challenger: 5 d 0 h Weitz ...
Editor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes at 9 p.m. ET/PT ...
Columbia memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) was an internal commission convened by NASA to investigate the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107 upon atmospheric re-entry on February 1, 2003.
The 2003 Columbia disaster forever changed NASA’s approach to risk. Here are some key ways that the tragedy shaped modern rocketry. ... that it was much more safe than what the crew on Columbia ...
Clark Hall, in the Columbia Village Suites at the Florida Institute of Technology, is named after her. [citation needed] The apartments were initially planned to be named the Crane Creek Suites, but were renamed in 2008 to commemorate the Columbia crew. [citation needed] The Laurel Salton Clark Memorial Fountain in Racine, Wisconsin is named ...
A second space shuttle disaster. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia broke apart upon reentry on ...