On this day in tech history, Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed upon atmospheric re-entry, killing all seven crew members of mission STS-107.

On February 1, 2003, the Columbia broke up upon re-entry during mission STS-107, killing all seven crew members. It was the second loss of a shuttle in 113 shuttle flights. The Space Shuttle ...

It was on January 16, 2003, when the Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla took her second and last flight to the space in Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-107 before it disintegrated over ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, following the 16-day STS-107 microgravity research mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board &nd… ...

He reported finding no moisture that could contaminate Spacehab systems if jostled during Saturday’s re-entry and landing, but covered several holes in the water sub-assembly with tape as a ...