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Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle
Columbia
(NASA
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
. Over 22 years of service 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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