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How was the Columbia space shuttle destoyed?

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If I recall correctly, it suffered structural failure during re-entry and broke apart.

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Geoffrey

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Where did the space shuttle Columbia crash?
Did Not Actually Land. It didn't actually crash, but was pulled apart by lack of aerodynamic stability above Texas. The debris path was over Texas and Louisiana.
How was Columbia space shuttle disintegrated?
A piece of foam insulation the size of a small briefcase broke off the Space Shuttle external tank he debris struck the leading edge of the left wing, damaging the Shuttle's thermal protection system...
What happened to the space shuttle Columbia?
During the launch of Columbia, foam from the external fuel tank had hit the orbiter's underside. Unknown to anyone at the time, it had punctured a hole in one of the insulating tiles on the wing....
Why did the space shuttle Columbia crash?
On blast off, a small piece of foam hit the wing, creating a small hole. On re-entry to the atmosphere the wing began to burn at that location due to hot gases getting in and a fire spread. This is...
Where is the Columbia space shuttle now?
it disintegrated. wikipedia the Columbia disaster and that might help some.