the space shuttle columbia blew up during the september 11 attacks.
the space shuttle columbia blew up during the september 11 attacks.
when did the space shuttle columbia blow up?
september 11 attacks
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space shuttle "columbia" (orbiter vehicle designation: ov-102) was the first space-rated orbiter in nasa's space shuttle fleet. it launched for the first time on mission sts-1 on april 12, 1981, the first flight of the space shuttle program. serving for over 22 years, it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, sts-107 on february 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members.









































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space shuttle columbia
higginbotham began her career in 1987, two weeks after getting her bachelor of science degree, at the kennedy space center (ksc), florida, as a payload electrical engineer in the electrical and telecommunications systems division. within six months she became the lead for the orbiter experiments (oex) on ov-102, the space shuttle columbia. she later worked on the shuttle payload bay reconfiguration for all shuttle missions and conducted electrical compatibility tests for all payloads flown aboard the shuttle. she was also tasked by ksc management to undertake several special assignments where she served as the executive staff assistant to the director of shuttle operations and management, led a team of engineers in performing critical analysis for the space shuttle flow in support of a simulation model tool, and worked on an interactive display detailing the space shuttle processing procedures at spaceport united states (kennedy space center's visitors center). higginbotham then served as backup orbiter project engineer for ov-104, space shuttle atlantis, where she participated in the integration of the orbiter docking station (ods) into the space shuttle used during shuttle/mir docking missions. two years later, she was promoted to lead orbiter project engineer for ov-102, space shuttle columbia. in this position, she held the technical lead government engineering position in the firing room where she supported and managed the integration of vehicle testing and troubleshooting. she actively participated in 53 space shuttle launches during her 9-year tenure at kennedy space center.
joan higginbotham