Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th flight on January 16, 2003 with a crew of seven astronauts. On February 1, 2003, Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas, 16 minutes before it was supposed to land in Florida. All seven crew members were lost.
photo credit: NASA
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The seven crew members who died aboard were:
Rick Husband, Commander;
William C. McCool, Pilot;
Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander/Mission Specialist 3; David M. Brown, Mission Specialist 1;
Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2;
Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist 4;
and
Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist 1
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