Posted on 02/01/2003 7:38:21 AM PST by jern
A spectator at the space shuttle landing facility weeps after hearing the news of the breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas on Saturday minutes before it was to land in Florida. TV video showed what appeared to be falling debris, as NASA declared an emergency and warned residents to beware of falling objects. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
An unidentified worker in the Vehicle Assembly Building (L) is consoled by security officer Susan Nelson after the space shuttle Columbia failed to return to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida February 1, 2003. NASA said it scrambled rescue units to search in Texas for the shuttle and its seven astronauts, which included the first Israeli astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramonan. NASA lost contact at around 9 a.m./1400 GMT, about 16 minutes before its scheduled landing at Kennedy Space Center. Columbia is NASA's oldest shuttle and first flew in 1981. REUTERS/Karl Ronstrom
Spectators console each other after hearing news of the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas while leaving the Space Shuttle landing facility on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at the Kennedy Space Center (news - web sites) in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas on Saturday minutes before it was to land in Florida. TV video showed what appeared to be falling debris, as NASA (news - web sites) declared an emergency and warned residents to beware of falling objects. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
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