Message posted by Andre' M. Dall'au on February 01, 2003 at 8:11:29 PST:

This morning the oldest Space Shuttle in the fleet apparently broke up over Texas during re-entry for landing at Kenned Space Center. Apparently all aboard were lost. The trail through the sky was marked by a couple of suddenly appearing additional trails followed by puffs of smoke then a total disentegration of the Orbiter. For all the DLR team our deepest sympathies and prayers for the families and NASA.

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• Re: Shuttle Columbia breaks up during re-entry Magoo 02/01/2003, 23:16:28 PST (0)
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• Re: Shuttle Columbia breaks up during re-entry gary 02/01/2003, 10:27:51 PST (0)
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