On blast off, a small piece of foam hit the wing, creating a small hole. On re-entry to the atmosphere the wing began to burn at that location due to hot gases getting in and a fire spread. This is what eventually destroyed Columbia
The purpose of the Columbia space shuttle was to go into space
Space shuttle Endeavour has not crashed. The shuttles Challenger and Columbia disintegrated in January 1986 and February 2003 respectively.
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The space shuttle that exploded over Texas in 2003 was the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Space Shuttle Columbia
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on 2003-02-01.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
The space shuttle that exploded in 1996 was the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Space Shuttle Columbia .
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
The name of the first Space Shuttle that was launched was Columbia. It embarked on its maiden voyage on April 12, 1981.