The Columbia space shuttle disaster
The US space shuttle disintegrated on its way back to Earth on February 1, 2003.
Witness History · BBC World Service
February 19, 20199m 38s
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Show Notes
The US space shuttle Columbia broke up on its way back to Earth on February 1, 2003. It had been in use since 1981. Iain Mackness has spoken to Admiral Hal Gehman who was given the job of finding out what went wrong. His final report led to the winding-up of the American space shuttle programme in 2011.
Photo: The space shuttle Columbia during take-off. Credit: NASA.