The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

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On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke apart while returning to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board.

Eyewitness News presents our coverage from that tragic day.

The crew launched on Jan. 16, 2003. Onboard were Rick D. Husband, Commander; William C. McCool, Pilot; Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander; David M. Brown, Mission Specialist; Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist; Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Mission Specialist and Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist.

For 16 days, they worked on 80 experiments, conducting research in physical, life, and space sciences.

They returned on Feb. 1, 2003. An investigation would later determine that tiles damaged during lift-off allowed super-heated atmospheric gasses to penetrate the shuttle’s wing during re-entry, causing the ship to become unstable and quickly disintegrate. The crew was not told about any risk and didn’t know something was wrong until very late in re-entry, according to ABC News

NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster.

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26 Comments

  1. Its bs. It was a coverup. They were attacked byt ufo's. Yes I sound crazy but look on the dark web. During there decent they came into contact with 2 curcular discs. The footage than became distorted imediatley after to try and hide evidence. There is a reason we have not been back to the moon when we have not dicovered all of it.

  2. I've seen a very convincing report that the astronauts did not die … simply because they were not on board. No so called astronaut has in fact ever been on board any craft because the whole thing is faked. In order to maintain the façade, they have been given, they are all living out their lives under false identities. I know this sounds ludicrous and far fetched but the evidence is difficult to dismiss.

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