Space Shuttle 2003
On february 1st 2003 the space shuttle columbia disintegrated during its re entry into the atmosphere.
Space shuttle 2003. Sts107 735 032 the sts 107 crewmembers pose for their traditional in flight crew portrait aboard the space shuttle columbia. And ilan ramon payload specialist. 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.
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. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. Shuttle missions 2003 image above.
The disaster occurred over texas and only minutes before. Nasa suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the. Here s how the news broke on cnn.
Space shuttle columbia broke up during re entry killing 7 astronauts. The space shuttle columbia broke apart on february 1 2003 while re entering the earth s atmosphere killing all seven crew members. From the left bottom row are astronauts kalpana chawla mission 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. The columbia s 28th space mission designated sts 107. The seven astronauts were killed.
On february 1 2003 the space shuttle columbiabreaks up while entering the atmosphere over texas killing all seven crew members on board. 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.