Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The Columbia shuttle disaster: In this video we take a brief look at the space shuttle programme, the events that led up to, and the destruction of the shuttle itself. Using actual footage of Columbia's final mission, we will piece together the events that led to one of the worst space tragedies in history, when the shuttle exploded on re-entry, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Attributions:
Re-entry video Dan McNew
Stencil view of shuttle diagram - NASA/MSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Columbia in white on launchpad image - US National Archives
Crows at launch - US National Archives
External fuel tank up close - NASA/Jack Pfaller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Shuttle foam strike video, foam test, and animation - NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA meeting video re-enactment by August de Richelieu from Pexels
Various pictures also sourced from picry
The Columbia shuttle disaster: In this video we take a brief look at the space shuttle programme, the events that led up to, and the destruction of the shuttle itself. Using actual footage of Columbia's final mission, we will piece together the events that led to one of the worst space tragedies in history, when the shuttle exploded on re-entry, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Attributions:
Re-entry video Dan McNew
Stencil view of shuttle diagram - NASA/MSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Columbia in white on launchpad image - US National Archives
Crows at launch - US National Archives
External fuel tank up close - NASA/Jack Pfaller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Shuttle foam strike video, foam test, and animation - NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA meeting video re-enactment by August de Richelieu from Pexels
Various pictures also sourced from picry
