Columbia Space Disaster

The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff.

Columbia space disaster. Space shuttle orbiter columbia on february 1 2003 that claimed the lives of all seven astronauts on board just minutes before it was to land at the kennedy space center in florida. The columbia mission was the second space shuttle disaster after challenger which saw a catastrophic failure during launch in 1986. The columbia disaster is one of the most tragic events in spaceflight history. Its impact on us human spaceflight program and the resulting decision to discontinue the space shuttle program was so dramatic that to this date nasa has not recovered an autonomous human access to space.

Columbia disaster breakup of the u s. Serving for over 22 years it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re entry near the end of its 28th mission sts 107 on february 1 2003 resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members. See how the columbia shuttle accident occurred in. Nasa s space shuttle columbia was destroyed during re entry on feb.

On february 1st 2003 the space shuttle columbia disintegrated during its re entry into the atmosphere. 1 2003 in a tragic disaster that killed the shuttle s seven astronaut crew. 82 seconds after the launch of shuttle sts 107 a. 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.

This picture survived on a roll of unprocessed film recovered. It launched for the first time on mission sts 1 on april 12 1981 the first flight of the space shuttle program.