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 Debris from the space shuttle Columbia that broke up on February 1, 2003 rained down into parts of Texas with residents coming across pieces in fields and on roads, including what appeared to be a door from the orbiter, local officials and eyewitnesses said. One piece of debris about three feet by five feet was smoldering in a field near Rice, Texas, just off Interstate 45 about 45 miles south of Dallas. (Reuters Graphic) |
 In this image from television, contrails from what appears to be the space shuttle Columbia can be seen streaking across the sky over Texas, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames minutes before it was to land in Florida. (AP Photo/via KXAS-TV) |
 A piece of the space shuttle Columbia lies on the side of Hwy 21 near Nacogdoches, Texas, February 1, 2003. Debris from space shuttle Columbia rained down onto fields and highways in Texas on Saturday, with witnesses coming across smoldering metal wreckage, including what appeared to be a door from the orbiter, local officials and eyewitnesses said. REUTERS/Richard Carson |
 A plaque dedicated astronaut Michael P. Anderson, a 1977 Cheney High School graduate, is shown Saturday, Feb. 1, 2002, in Cheney, Wash. Anderson, the payload commander for the space shuttle Columbia was killed along with the rest of the crew when the craft broke up Saturday over Texas. (AP Photo/Peter G. Williams) |
 Wendy Ratliff and her daughter Alexis, 3, place flowers at the makeshift memorial outside Johnson Space Center Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 in Houston. Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) |
 A sign for the families of the shuttle Columbia's astronauts hangs nearly a mile from the home of astronaut Kalpana Chawla Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) |
 With the U.S. Capitol Building in the background, a flag along the base of the Washington Monument flies at half-staff, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, in Washington in memorial of those who died in the space shuttle Columbia. Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) |
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