A look back at the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster 10 years later
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Columbia space shuttle Commander Rick Husband waves as he and (from L-R) mission specialist Kalpana Chawla, Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, Shuttle pilot William McCool, Mission Specialist Michael Anderson, Mission Specialist Laurel Clark, and mission specialist David Brown leave the crew quarters on their way to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida 16 January 2003. Columbia and its seven person crew are scheduled to remain in space for 16 days and complete several life, space and physical science experiments. AFP PHOTO Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/GettyImages)
