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Columbia (space shuttle) crash over central Texas during his return from a trip into outer space February 2, 2003, which lasted 16 days, killing all seven crew members

Experts attributed the reasons for the break-up of thermal imbalance in the separation, which assesses the shuttle back to Earth when the high temperature. , Has been destroyed part of this separation (the lower part of the Black Shuttle) through collision spare spongiform from the Plesetsk launch a shuttle wing at takeoff. After numerous experiments experts concluded that although it was difficult to damage the shuttle wing piece spongiform but it can if hit wing angle and speed in certain, they re Scenario in the laboratory. When journey back to Earth leaked hot gas separation through thermal and took a destructive path across the shuttle and led to the recent explosion of the shuttle