When:
February 1, 2017 all-day
2017-02-01T00:00:00-07:00
2017-02-02T00:00:00-07:00
Where:
http://www.space.com/19436-columbia-disaster.html
Feb 1, 2003. Minutes before space shuttle Columbia was due to land after a successful 16-day scientific mission, it disintegrated 40 miles above the state of Texas, killing its seven-member crew. Commander Rick Husband, pilot William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla (first woman astronaut from India), Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon (first Israeli astronaut) lost their lives and were mourned worldwide. Columbia was the first shuttle to fly in space (1981).
More information available at https://www.nasa.gov/columbia/home/.