The Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry on February 1, 2003.
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on February 1, 2003.
February 1st, 2003.
The Space Shuttle Columbia was the first US space shuttle. Columbia took its maiden voyage in 1981. In 2003, Columbia was destroyed during re-entry, which resulted in the death of its entire crew.
The Columbia Space Shuttle was destroyed on February 1, 2003, with the loss of everyone on board.
The maiden flight of the first space shuttle, Columbia, was on April 12, 1981. (On February 1, 2003, following its 28th space flight, Columbia was destroyed during reentry, with the loss of its crew of seven astronauts.)
The purpose of the Columbia space shuttle was to go into space
Columbia, which was destroyed during re-entry in February 2003.
February 1st, 2003.
February 1st, 2003.
The space shuttle Columbia completed 27 successful space flights, not including its final flight whereupon it was destroyed in the Earth's atmosphere. It was the only shuttle apart from the Challenger never to dock with the Mir Space Station or the International Space Station.
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger in April, 1993; the first was Columbia in April, 1981.Ironically, both were destroyed in flight: Challenger on Takeoff in 1986, Columbia on landing in 2003.