COVER STORY
What Went Wrong?
The clues lie in the craft's last minutes and rain of debris

Seven Astronauts, One Fate
Viewpoint: Gregg Easterbrook
Viewpoint: Hugh Sidey
A New Breed of Astronauts

Table of Contents
The complete list of stories from the Feb. 3 issue of TIME magazine

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Inside the Columbia
The shuttle's
construction and
final moments
Shuttle History
The legacy
of triumphs
and tragedies
Seven Lives
A look at
life inside
Flight STS-107

Space Shuttle Challenger 
In 73 seconds, a new era in space travel explodes into a searing nightmare
02/10/1986
Return to Space 
On a thundering pillar of fire, Discovery carries the nation's hopes aloft again
10/10/1988
Newsfile: Space Exploration

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Lost: Space Shuttle Columbia
A CNN special report on the shuttle tragedy

Columbia's Last Moments
The shuttle's descent and subsequent loss of contact with the ground

Remembering Columbia
Reaction and remembrance after the loss of the shuttle

Audio: Last Contact With Columbia
The final transmission from the shuttle to mission control



FROM THE FEB 10, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, FEB 2, 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS (SHUTTLE); PETER COSGROVE/AP (CREW);
JAMES/LENAMON/KXAS-TV DALLAS/NBC/REUTERS (DEBRIS)

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