Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, we discuss the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster where the Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing all of the crew onboard.

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Key sources:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150130-what-caused-the-columbia-disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/science/space/31NASA.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/space-shuttle-disaster.html

https://www.space.com/37110-becoming-a-nasa-astronaut-surprising-facts.html

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_Astronauts_in_Training.html