2003 Space Shuttle

Space shuttle columbia broke up during re entry killing 7 astronauts.

2003 space shuttle. On february 1st 2003 the space shuttle columbia disintegrated during its re entry into the atmosphere. The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew members. From the left bottom row are astronauts kalpana chawla mission specialist. The seven astronauts were killed.

Here s how the news broke on cnn. The destruction of columbia followed by almost exactly 17 years the loss of challenger in a launch accident on january 28 1986. Shuttle missions 2003. The columbia s 28th space mission designated sts 107.

The space shuttle was a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa as part of the space shuttle program its official program name was space transportation system sts taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. The shuttle broke up catastrophically on february 1 2003 killing all aboard. 1 2003 space shuttle columbia broke up as it returned to earth killing the seven astronauts on board.

On february 1 2003 the space shuttle columbiabreaks up while entering the atmosphere over texas killing all seven crew members on board. And ilan ramon payload specialist. Wed 12 feb 2003 21 02 est 21 02 est final radio transmissions chronicling the efforts of mission control as it became painfully aware of the destruction of the space shuttle columbia were released.