Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Memorial
Nasa video showed that 81 seconds into the flight a 20 inch 2 1 2 pound piece of the foam fell off and struck columbia s left wing.
Space shuttle columbia disaster memorial. Two also have individual gravesites. 02 21 03 memorial service in cleveland ohio the cuyahoga county ohio commissioners and nasa s glenn research center held a public memorial service for the space shuttle columbia astronauts on saturday february 8. Dick scobee section 46 to the left of the memorial and commander michael j.
Laurel blair salton clark mission specialist. Kalpana chawla mission specialist. Flowers memorial to the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the tragic space shuttle columbia accident on february 1 2003.
As columbia re entered earth s atmosphere it suddenly burst into flames killing all seven crew members. A new texas museum opens today feb. 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.
Smith section 7a grave 208. On february 1 2003 the space shuttle columbia was headed home after a 16 day scientific mission its 28th venture into space. Nasa s space shuttle columbia was lost during re entry on feb.
Family members and nasa worked together to erect the memorial in section 46 near memorial amphitheater. Johnson space center texas feb. 1 to honor the space shuttle columbia and its seven astronaut crew on the eighth anniversary of the fatal disaster that ended the orbiter s final mission.
Richard rick husband commander. See photos of nasa s 2013 memorial to the astronauts lost. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff.