Columbia disaster, news reaches mission control

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Columbia disaster, news reaches mission control. Footage of mission controllers at the Johnson Space Centre, Houston, Texas, USA, during the re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia into the Earth's atmosphere at the end of mission STS-107 (16 January to 1 February 2003). This footage shows Mission Operations representative Phil Engelauf receiving the news that the shuttle had been seen breaking up over Texas. He turns to astronaut Ellen Ochoa and tells her; she is seen reacting with shock. The news is then told to Flight Director LeRoy Cain and Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) Charles Hobaugh. Cain and the other controllers then started standard contingency plans to secure their data for the investigation. The shuttle had broken up on re-entry due to damage to the leading edge of one of the wings, sustained during the launch, killing all seven on board. The members of the crew were US astronauts Rick Husband, William McCool, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson and Laurel Clark, and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon. The shuttle was travelling at around 24, 000 kilometres per hour at an altitude of over 60 kilometres. It broke up in seconds with the resulting debris strewn across Texas and Louisiana.
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