Season: 1 | Episode: 1 | Length: 70m
The story of the Columbia disaster in 2003, with astronauts' families and Nasa staff sharing personal stories of the launch, the unfolding catastrophe and the fall-out. As the space shuttle roared into orbit with a perfect launch on January 16, Mission Control and the crew breathed a collective sigh of relief, but footage taken just over a minute into the mission revealed a piece of debris breaking off and hitting the orbiter.
