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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 31 > New NASA report details final minutes on Columbia

New NASA report details final minutes on Columbia

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
December 31, 2008

Poor pressure suit design led the seven astronauts aboard the Columbia space shuttle to black out almost immediately when the craft broke apart during re-entry in 2003 and they probably were killed as their bodies were buffeted by the craft’s violent contortions, a NASA panel said....

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