Space Shuttle Columbia, was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on 12 April 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Serving for over 22 years, it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on 1 February 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members.
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