The Columbia Disaster: CNN Live Coverage Part 1

From Saturday, February 1st, 2003 CNN Live Coverage of the Re-entry of Space Shuttle Columbia, Mission STS-107 with Miles O'Brian

Coverage runs from 9:00 A.M - 5.08 P.M

NASA TV Coverage presented in real time to fill in the first few minutes. The first 5 hours are complete

Columbia was returning to Earth after a 16 day mission and was due for landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:16 A.M E.S.T

Break up of the vehicle occurred at 9:00 A.M E.S.T


The STS-107 Crew:

Commander: Rick D. Husband

Pilot: William C. McCool

Mission Specialist 1: David M. Brown

Mission Specialist 2 :Kalpana Chawla

Payload Commander :Michael P. Anderson

Mission Specialist 4: Laurel B. Clark

Payload Specialist 1: Ilan Ramon