The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth

RTE2 HD

7:20 PM to 8:30 PM

Saturday 28 September

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Sixteen minutes from landing, Mission Control lose contact with the crew of Columbia and the shuttle breaks apart during re-entry in the skies above Texas. Following the disaster, Nasa comes under increasing pressure from the media to provide answers, and faces criticism for its flawed safety culture and management failures. As astronauts' families remember their loved ones, the future of the entire shuttle programme is suddenly called into question