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Columbia’s Demise 11 Years Ago Today Sparked Regular Shuttle Inspections In Space

1 Feb , 2014 by Elizabeth Howell

The Columbia’s shuttle fiery end came as the STS-107 astronauts’ families were waiting runway-side for everyone to come home. NASA’s oldest space shuttle broke up around 9 a.m. Eastern (2 p.m. UTC) on Feb. 1, 2003, scattering debris along east Texas and nearby areas. Its demise was captured on several amateur video cameras, many of […]

Columbia, David Brown, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, Rick Husband, STS-107, Willie McCool

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