Space Shuttle Columbia explodes over Texas on this day February 1, 2003.

[paracarl44]

This tragic event killed all seven astronauts aboard and set our space program back for a couple of years.

Go to: www.history.com/this-day-in-history

Then scroll down to find: Columbia mission ends in disaster.

 

[PhilipRJ_UK]

I still remember watching this story when the UK news channels broke it back in 2003. A terrible tragedy.

 

[Bugman]

I was living in the Kansas City area then and remember it well. May our brave astronauts who died that day R.I.P.

 

[kopfhorer]

I saw news photos of the ship burning up in the atmosphere. Pretty sickening. Only silver lining is that chunks of the ship didn't fall on populated areas.

 

[paracarl44]

This accident happened several years after the Challenger exploded and set our space program back several years.