02/01/2025
I broadcast this Columbia launch Live Via Satellite
to Israeli Television from Cape Canaveral Florida
I saw ice falling on The Space Shuttle Columbia
Two weeks later I watched the denigration
from my front yard in Austin Texas
We immediately drove five uplinks to Johnson Space Center
You all saw the rest via satellite from GUYCOM.
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space. The accident instantly killed all seven astronauts on board. This was the second fatal accident of the space shuttle program following the Challenger disaster in 1986, and....