BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during re-entry UID:2009-02-17-09-53-42-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=2;BYMONTHDAY=1 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260201 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260202 DTSTAMP:20260315T200800 CATEGORIES:Air and Space Events LOCATION:Texas GEO:31.9685988;-99.9018131 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

The Space Shuttle Columb ia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the shuttle disintegrated d uring re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board we re killed. The accident was caused by damage to the shuttle’s thermal pr otection system, leading to a renewed focus on safety and major changes to NASA’s space shuttle program.

DESCRIPTION:The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1\, 20 03\, when the shuttle disintegrated during re-entry into Earth’s atmosph ere. All seven astronauts on board were killed. The accident was caused by damage to the shuttle’s thermal protection system\, leading to a renewe d focus on safety and major changes to NASA’s space shuttle program.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6361-space-sh uttle-columbia-disintegrates-during-re-entry?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR