On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986.

On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m. EST, local time at the launch site).

2025年1月25日 · The Columbia disaster was the breakup of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, that claimed the lives of all on board just minutes before it was to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Today is Saturday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2025. There are 333 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload...

2025年1月27日 · This photo, released by NASA, of the Jan. 28, 1986 explosion, which destroyed the Space shuttle Challenger and killed all seven crew members 75 seconds after its launch, appears to show a second ...

2023年1月25日 · NASA's space shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003, in a tragic disaster that killed the shuttle's seven-astronaut crew. See how the Columbia shuttle accident...

2010年2月15日 · The space shuttle Columbia broke apart on February 1, 2003, while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. The disaster occurred over Texas, and only minutes before...

2023年2月1日 · Twenty years ago this Wednesday — on Feb. 1, 2003, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST — a sensor in the space shuttle Columbia's left wing first recorded unusual stress as the orbiter and its seven crew...