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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 2003 Alcântara VLS accident was an accident during the Brazilian Space Agency's third attempt to launch the VLS-1 rocket, which was intended to launch two satellites into orbit. The rocket ignited on its launch pad at the Alcântara Launch Center, killing 21 people. It is the fourth deadliest space exploration related disaster in history.
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Expedition 6 was the sixth expedition to the International Space Station (25 November 2002 – 3 May 2003). It was the last three-man crew to reside on the station until the arrival of STS-121 in 2006, delivering the final astronaut of Expedition 13.
Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos founded, notched one of the most substantial successes in its history on Thursday: sending a rocket to orbit.
Black carbon in the atmosphere is like dressing Earth in a black shirt on a sunny day.
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2011 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-133 to deliver the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 to the ISS. This is Space Shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight. 2012 - A Long March 3C launches the Beidou-2 G5 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.