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Silence as shuttle Columbia vanishes in California coast descent
Mission Control repeatedly calls for the space shuttle Columbia as it falls from orbit toward landing near Kennedy Space Center. The crew’s radios go silent and data links fail, with observers noting debris flashes and Mission Control remaining unable to regain contact.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mission Control
Space Shuttle Columbia
Kennedy Space Center
California
Texas
Arkansas
Earth
Columbia
Rick Husband
William McCool
McCool
Laurel Blair
Salton Clark
Kalpana’ Chawla
James Hartsfield
Milt Heflin
Hartsfield
New Mexico-Texas
Charlie Hobaugh
Houston
Hobaugh
Merritt Island