The Columbia Disaster

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The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during reentry twenty years ago yesterday. I was watching coverage of it coming in on News 24 as it happened, and I'll never forget the disquiet when it went off the air unexpectedly. I remember writing about it on TNMS.

Very good overview of what happened here by Scott Manley - including photos taken on the flight that were recovered from the debris, which I hadn't seen before. Very sad to see those poor, doomed souls enjoying themselves in space, never to return home.