Space Shuttle 2003

The space shuttle columbia broke apart on february 1 2003 while re entering the earth s atmosphere killing all seven crew members.
Space shuttle 2003. From the left bottom row are astronauts kalpana chawla mission specialist. The columbia s 28th space mission designated sts 107. The remains of some of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle columbia have been recovered and analysts expect they will be able to genetically identify them. And ilan ramon payload specialist.
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. Space shuttle columbia broke up during re entry killing 7 astronauts. Shuttle missions 2003 image above. On february 1st 2003 the space shuttle columbia disintegrated during its re entry into the atmosphere.
The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. Sts107 735 032 the sts 107 crewmembers pose for their traditional in flight crew portrait aboard the space shuttle columbia. 1 2003 space shuttle columbia broke up as it returned to earth killing the seven astronauts on board. Sts 107 was the 113th flight of the space shuttle program and the 28th and final flight of space shuttle columbia the mission launched from kennedy space center in florida on 16 january 2003 and during its 15 days 22 hours 20 minutes 32 seconds in orbit conducted a multitude of international scientific experiments.
Ironically the cause of the columbia catastrophe soon was determined to be launch related as well. Here s how the news broke on cnn. Last update january 13. The shuttle broke up catastrophically on february 1 2003 killing all aboard.
The destruction of columbia followed by almost exactly 17 years the loss of challenger in a launch accident on january 28 1986. The seven astronauts were killed.