On February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the space shuttle Columbia, as earlier damage to the craft's left wing caused the shuttle ...

On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM ... would fly again after the Columbia disaster, even the program’s most ardent supporters had to admit fundamental design of the Shuttle ...

2003. The NASA report found the astronauts knew for about 40 seconds that they did not have control of the shuttle before they likely were knocked unconscious as Columbia broke apart around them.

NASA’s two shuttle accidents account for more ... all those courageous souls,” said Konikov. Columbia was destroyed during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003, after a piece of fuel-tank foam came off ...