COLUMBIA EXPLOSION STS-107 MISSION BY NASA WITH COLUMBIA, THE SPACE SHUTTLE ! - Sushma

AN UNFINISHED MISSION THE COLUMBIA DISASTER

THE NIGHT BEFORE COLUMBIA SHUTTLE TAKE OFF.

The Space Shuttle Columbia crew prepare to board for liftoff.

LIFTOFF!

Disaster strikes Columbia !

A tile on the surface of the ship, damaged on liftoff, causes Columbia to explode when it re-enters the Earths atmosphere.

A second explosion destroys the tail section of the shuttle.

This final explosion ends the lives of all astronauts aboard the shuttle Columbia.

Debris from Columbia falls from the sky like a meteor shower.

Columbia mission patch found alongside a road in East Texas.

Remember the crew of Columbia. Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on..…