Editing STS-107 (section)

===Re-entry===
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[[File:ColumbiaFLIR2003.png|thumb|left|FLIR imaging photograph of ''Columbia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s disintegration captured by an [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64D Apache]]'s [[Forward-looking infrared|FLIR camera]] during training with RNLAF ([[Royal Netherlands Air Force]]) personnel out of Fort Hood, Texas.<ref name="aviationist-20140201">{{Cite news |last=Cenciotti |first=David |date=February 1, 2014 |title=Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster as seen through AH-64 Apache camera |work=The Aviationist |url=https://theaviationist.com/2014/02/01/sts-107-disaster-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331125749/https://theaviationist.com/2014/02/01/sts-107-disaster-video/ |archive-date=March 31, 2023 }}</ref>]]
{{blockquote|KSC landing was planned for Feb. 1 after a 16-day mission, but ''Columbia'' and crew were lost during re-entry over East Texas at about 9 a.m. EST, 16 minutes prior to the scheduled touchdown at KSC. |NASA{{r|auto1}}}}
''Columbia'' began re-entry as planned, but the heat shield was compromised due to damage sustained during the ascent. The heat of re-entry was free to spread into the damaged portion of the orbiter, ultimately causing its disintegration and the death of all seven astronauts.

The accident triggered a 7-month investigation and a search for debris, and over 85,000 pieces were collected throughout the initial investigation.<ref name="auto1"/> This amounted to roughly 38 percent of the orbiter vehicle.<ref name="auto1"/>
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