Columbia breaks up at 160 Km from Dallas over Central Texas with his Crewmember of seven.

Rick D. Husband (2), Cdr

William C. McCool (1), Plt

Michael P. Anderson (2), PCdr

Kalpana Chawla (2), MS

David M. Brown (1), MS

Laurel B. Clark (1), MS

Ilan Ramon (1), (ISA) PS

Deorbit burn occured at 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT) for a planned landing on KSC Runway 33.

Communication was lost with Columbia at 9:00am EST while Columbia was at approximately 200,000ft over Central Texas while the vehicle was traveling at 12,500 mph.

Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 was the first Space Shuttle launched in orbit on April 12, 1981.

This was the Shuttle Flight #113, the Columbia Flight #28.

Columbia rejoined the shuttle fleet in February, 2001 and flew its first mission after the upgrades in March, 2002.

Debris reported over hundreds of kilometers.

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