2003 Space Shuttle
Sts107 735 032 the sts 107 crewmembers pose for their traditional in flight crew portrait aboard the space shuttle columbia.
2003 space shuttle. On february 1 2003 the space shuttle columbiabreaks up while entering the atmosphere over texas killing all seven crew members on board. The destruction of columbia followed by almost exactly 17 years the loss of challenger in a launch accident on january 28 1986. Here s how the news broke on cnn.
And ilan ramon payload specialist. 1 2003 space shuttle columbia broke up as it returned to earth killing the seven astronauts on board. 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 seven astronauts were killed. From the left bottom row are astronauts kalpana chawla mission specialist.
Shuttle missions 2003. Space shuttle columbia broke up during re entry killing 7 astronauts. Ironically the cause of the columbia catastrophe soon was determined to be launch related as well.
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. Nasa suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the. The shuttle broke up catastrophically on february 1 2003 killing all aboard.