Columbia - 20 Years Later

My primary memory of the Columbia's - and remember, this was only 16 months after 9/11 - was brief fear that it was due to sabotage or violent action.  

May the crew continue to RIP

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#NASARemembers: 20 years ago today on Feb 1, 2003, at 8:59 a.m. EST, space shuttle Columbia broke up on reentry. The entire crew perished.

Rick Husband

Willie McCool

Michael Anderson

Kalpana Chawla

David Brown

Laurel Clark

Ilan Ramon

We will never forget.