Final journey of "Colombia"

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20 years ago, on January 16, 2003, the reusable Colombia spaceship with the next research mission of National administration office on aeronautics and space research orbited. It was already the 28th flight of this shuttle, and it ended with accident. As the last mission of "Colombia" became impracticable — in a photo gallery of newspaper "Kommersant". STS-107 expedition (Space Transportation System, "Space transport system") started from Kennedy's Space center in State of Florida (United States of America). It was the 28th flight of a shuttle "Colombia" within carried-out National administration office on aeronautics and space research the Space Shuttle state programs. Initially start-up was planned for August of the 2002nd, however for various reasons...