Article 6PGKX Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space

Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space

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Story ImageThe eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't need another one of those."...

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