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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 crash was the first U.S.-owned 757 accident and is currently the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] It was also the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 757 at that time, [ 5 ] but was surpassed by Birgenair Flight 301 which crashed seven weeks later with 189 fatalities. [ 6 ]
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 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 Sunday. Perhaps more ...
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. It was the 88th post-Challenger disaster mission.
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe, and the female personification of the United States, Columbia was the first of five Space Shuttle orbiters to fly in space, debuting the Space Shuttle launch vehicle on its maiden flight on April 12, 1981 and ...
A stretch of a busy downtown road was closed Thursday afternoon following a crash, the Columbia Police Department said.. At about 1:15 p.m., police reported the multi-vehicle collision.. The wreck ...
The crash, which killed two people, took place at the intersection of 12th Street and B Avenue. The busy juncture of several roads sits in the middle of West Columbia’s “Triangle City,” next ...