Sim_Da_BTCC_Man
1st Feb 2003, 04:05 PM
I know this is off topic but what ever religion you are, just give a minuite of your time to the crew of the Colubmia, lost on landing today.
BBC news Online
The American space agency Nasa says it lost communication with the space shuttle Columbia about 15 minutes before it was due to land at the Kennedy space centre.
There were seven crew members aboard the shuttle - six Americans and the first Israeli in space.
It was not immediately clear what had happened to the shuttle, but there are reports of debris falling to the ground.
Relatives of the astronauts who were awaiting the shuttle's arrival were taken away from mission control.
The shuttle's landing was overdue. It had been scheduled to arrive at the Florida space center at 0916 (1416 GMT).
Television pictures showed a vapour trail from the craft as it flew over the Texas city of Dallas.
It then appeared to disintegrate into several separate vapour trails.
Nasa has declared an emergency and search and rescue teams have been mobilised.
According to Nasa, the shuttle was about 200,000 feet up and travelling at 12,500 (20,000 kph) mph when contact was lost.
Although Nasa did not say what had happened to the shuttle, it warned that any debris found in the area should be avoided and could be hazardous.
In 42 years of human space flight, Nasa has never lost a space crew during landing.
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off.
BBC news Online
The American space agency Nasa says it lost communication with the space shuttle Columbia about 15 minutes before it was due to land at the Kennedy space centre.
There were seven crew members aboard the shuttle - six Americans and the first Israeli in space.
It was not immediately clear what had happened to the shuttle, but there are reports of debris falling to the ground.
Relatives of the astronauts who were awaiting the shuttle's arrival were taken away from mission control.
The shuttle's landing was overdue. It had been scheduled to arrive at the Florida space center at 0916 (1416 GMT).
Television pictures showed a vapour trail from the craft as it flew over the Texas city of Dallas.
It then appeared to disintegrate into several separate vapour trails.
Nasa has declared an emergency and search and rescue teams have been mobilised.
According to Nasa, the shuttle was about 200,000 feet up and travelling at 12,500 (20,000 kph) mph when contact was lost.
Although Nasa did not say what had happened to the shuttle, it warned that any debris found in the area should be avoided and could be hazardous.
In 42 years of human space flight, Nasa has never lost a space crew during landing.
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off.