The Critical Moment: How an Incident Doomed Columbia's Journey #disaster #nasa #shuttle #columbia
Channel: Tech Disasters
Date: 2024-03-30

Just 81 seconds into its fateful journey, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster began with a seemingly minor incident as foam insulation struck the shuttle's left wing, a critical moment in this disaster breakdown. Ignored warnings and overlooked concerns by NASA's leadership, including those of commander Rick Husband, led to a catastrophic sequence of events, epitomizing a 'seconds from disaster' scenario in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.