http://www.space.com/18008-space-shuttle-columbia.html
11-11-1982
It launched on 11 November 1982 and landed five days later on 16 November. STS-5 was the first shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" shuttle mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-5
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/columbia_info.html
The 2003 February 1 disaster
http://www.space.com/19436-columbia-disaster.html,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Re-entry_timeline,
http://www.space.com/19526-columbia-shuttle-disaster-explained-infographic.html,
http://www.universetoday.com/108838/columbias-demise-11-years-ago-today-sparked-regular-shuttle-inspections-in-space
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nasa-vet-shuttle-crew-warned-2003-risks-article-1.1253119
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Space Shuttle Columbia is delivered, March 25, 1979 | EDN
1 February 2003, 14:00:25 UTC | This Day in Aviation
www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-2003/
Columbia (OV-102): A Pioneer to the End | NASASpaceFlight.com
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/.../columbia-ov-102-a-pioneer-to-the-en...
America remembers shuttle Columbia and crew - CNN iReport
ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-918475
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster by Cesar Perez on Prezi
prezi.com/fcsbwf_twas5/space-shuttle-columbia-disaster/
http://patternsofsynchronicty.blogspot.ca/2014/01/space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-1986.html