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WATCH LIVE: NASA Day of Remembrance honors astronauts who lost their lives exploring space
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: NASA Day of Remembrance honors astronauts who lost their lives exploring spaceOn Thursday NASA will remember the astronauts and astronaut candidates who died in service to U.S. space exploration.
‘It didn’t have to happen:’ Space journalist reviews Columbia disaster 20 years later
Read full article: ‘It didn’t have to happen:’ Space journalist reviews Columbia disaster 20 years laterJust 81 seconds into launch, a chunk of foam flew off the shuttle’s external fuel tank and struck Columbia’s heat-resistant panels on its left wing. The damage to the heat shield proved catastrophic when Columbia tried to return to Earth.