Rendering of the Space Shuttle performing a self-scan with the laser depth camera. Credit: NASA It’s impossible to say if knowing the full extent of the damage to Columbia’s wing would have ...
On February 1, 2003, the world lost Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six other crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke apart ... Reuters/File Photo However, the ...
Christa McAuliffe was killed along with another six NASA crew members when the shuttle broke up 73 seconds into its flight. In 2003, damage to Columbia’s protective heat panels during launch ...