A look back at the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster 10 years later
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UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - 1995: (FILE PHOTO) Astronaut Michael P. Anderson, a 43-year-old lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, who served as a payload commander and mission specialist for Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, is shown circa 1995 as he poses for a formal photograph. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson was making his second space shuttle spaceflight after being selected by NASA in December 1994, but Space Shuttle Columbia broke up upon re-entry to earth February 1, 2003 over Dallas, Texas. Astronaut Anderson and his six other crew members are presumed dead. (Photo by NASA/Getty Images)






