On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened.
Media coverage in the immediate aftermath focused on the possible cause o.
Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years earlier, Columbia\'s destruction left the nation one failure away from the potential abandonment of human space exploration.
The space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and America\'s space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-Flight failure.
On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened