Space Shuttle Columbia exploded 18 years ago today

columbia space shuttle exploded years ago today
columbia space shuttle exploded years ago today

Columbia Space Shuttle is the first space shuttle to go into space. On his first mission, there were only 2 astronauts on the space shuttle. The names of these 2 astronauts were John W. Young and Robert L. Ciripen. In the first flight (STS-1) mission, 2 astronauts spacewalked on the space shuttle. The first flight date is April 12, 1981.

Scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center at 16 TSI, which was sent to orbit for a 16-day mission on January 6, carrying 1 American and 16.16 Israeli astronauts, the shuttle detonated on February 1, 2003, while traveling at an altitude of 62 km / h at an altitude of 12.500 kilometers, and divided into three parts. 7 astronauts lost their lives.

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