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Warning as space debris the size of softballs is posing increasing threat to planes
Boley pointed out that space debris wasn't taken into account in regard to aviation safety following the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, which saw seven astronauts die as the rocket ...
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The Hard-Learned Lessons Of The Columbia Disaster
On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during ... lessen the chances of possible debris coming down over populated ...
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NASA's Day of Remembrance: Three tragedies that shook the space program
Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...