<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" id="mwAUE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Space Shuttle <i id="mwAUI">Columbia</i></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Columbia disaster">disintegrated during the reentry</a> of mission <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-107" id="mwAUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STS-107">STS-107</a> into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.<sup about="#mwt167" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_1#cite_note-31" id="mwAUU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUY">[31]</span></a></sup>
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