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Credit & Copyright: STS-107 Crew,
NASA
Explanation:
Saturday morning, the
Space
Shuttle
Columbia
broke up during re-entry.
Pictured above is the seven-member crew that was lost.
True space pioneers, they were, left to right,
David M. Brown,
Rick D. Husband,
Laurel B. Clark,
Kalpana Chawla,
Michael P. Anderson,
William C. McCool, and
Ilan Ramon.
As debris from the shuttle may be
toxic,
NASA asks that
anything found be reported immediately
to local authorities and not touched.
For the safety of future missions, investigations into the
cause of the tragedy are underway.
If you have any video or photographs that may aid in these
investigations,
NASA asks that you please see
this web page, call (US) 281-483-3388, or send e-mail to
columbiaimages@nasa.gov.
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: space shuttle Columbia - space shuttle - STS-107
Publications with words: space shuttle Columbia - space shuttle - STS-107
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