The Columbia Disaster

Highlights

• ›The loss that led to the shuttle's retirement

Missions, people & worlds

• Space Shuttle program
• NASA

Knowledge connections

• Part ofThe Space Shuttle Era
• Associated withSpace Shuttle program
• Associated withNASA

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.