![]() “I don’t ever want to have to go through another Columbia.”īesides Ramon, Columbia’s last crew included commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark.Ī ship’s bell pealed after each of the 25 names were read as the ceremony drew to a close. “When we look back, why do we have to keep repeating the same hard lessons?” he said. Like NASA’s earlier tragedies, Columbia’s loss was avoidable, said former shuttle commander Bob Cabana, now NASA’s associate administrator. He enjoyed running, mountain biking, back country hiking/camping, swimming, playing guitar, chess. At space centers across the country, flags were lowered to half-staff, with ceremonies held along with spaceflight safety discussions. Died on Februover the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbiaand her crew perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing. STS-107 crew members included astronauts Rick D. Eyewitness News presents our coverage from that tragic day. 27, 1967.īecause of the clustering of these three dates, NASA sets aside the last Thursday of every January to commemorate its fallen astronauts. STS-107 crew members lost when space shuttle 'Columbia' broke up during reentry on February 1, 2003. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke apart while returning to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. The Apollo 1 launch pad fire claimed three astronauts’ lives on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven aboard, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. It was the second fatal disaster that occurred in the Space Shuttle program, after the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion which happened in 1986 in which the shuttle had exploded just 73 seconds into the flight. That same kind of cultural blunder led to the loss of shuttle Challenger during liftoff on Jan. The space shuttle was destroyed at about 7:30 PM IST on February 1, 2003, after a 16-day scientific mission. NASA managers dismissed the impact during the flight despite the concerns of others. The shuttle broke apart over Texas, just 16 minutes from its planned Florida touchdown. ![]() 1, 2003, after a piece of fuel-tank foam came off and punctured the left wing during liftoff 16 days earlier. We pause to recall the memory of all those courageous souls,” said Konikov.Ĭolumbia was destroyed during reentry on Feb. No matter how fast we’re going, no matter how important our work, we must pause and think about why we’re here on Earth, and that’s what we’re doing today. But Zvi Konikov, a local rabbi, recalled how Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, asked him before the flight how to observe the Sabbath during two weeks in orbit with multiple sunsets a day. None of the Columbia astronaut family members attended the morning ceremony. NASA’s two shuttle accidents account for more than half of the names carved into the black granite of the Space Mirror Memorial plane crashes are to blame for the rest. ![]() More than 100 people gathered under a gray sky at Kennedy Space Center to remember not only Columbia’s crew of seven, but the 18 other astronauts killed in the line of duty. (AP) - NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies and remembrances during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts on Thursday. But, again, when we look at the problems that we’ve had, they were avoidable.A wreath is placed by, from left, Bob Cabana, associate administrator of NASA Janet Petro, NASA KSC director, and Sheryl Chaffee, daughter of Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, on Thursday.ĬAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. And that’s my goal is to ensure it doesn’t happen on my watch. “I’m a student of history, and I’m sure that someday in the future, there will be another accident,” said NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana. Photos: Remembering the space shuttle Columbia tragedy Engineers requested high-resolution imaging of the affected area, but ultimately managers turned them down. Foam strikes had occurred during earlier shuttle missions without incident. Read: NASA marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia disasterĪn investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle’s external tank shortly after liftoff and struck the spacecraft’s left wing, which was damaged. 1, 2003, one of the worst space accidents of all time took the lives of seven astronauts when the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed. The shuttle broke up killing NASA astronauts Rick Husband, William McCool, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, and Kalpana Chawla as well as Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon. ![]() 1, 2003, Columbia was 16 minutes from touching down at the Kennedy Space Center when disaster struck and mission control lost contact with Columbia and her crew. > STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<< The lessons learned from that tragedy transformed the culture of NASA as an agency. Twenty years ago Wednesday, the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew were lost when the spacecraft broke up during reentry over Texas. ![]()
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