View Space Shuttle Columbia Crew Pics. The shuttle broke up catastrophically on february 1, 2003, killing all aboard. Laurel blair salton clark, mission specialist 4 laurel clark felt incredibly lucky to see earth from the unique vantage point of space.

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The starship columbia was given its name, by the creators of star trek: First space shuttle in nasa s orbital fleet which was launched on april 12th 1981 and lost on its 28th mission on february 1st 2003 with all its crew on board when it disintegrated during atmospheric re entry … english contemporary dictionary. Nasa deputy associate administrator wayne hale said:

What happened to the space shuttle columbia effectively ended nasa's shuttle program.

Space shuttle columbia — n. In the second half of january 2003, space shuttle columbia flew her 28th and final mission into orbit. All seven members of the crew were lost. Space shuttle columbia (nasa orbiter vehicle designation: