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This would be OV-102 more popularly known as Columbia. It was the first Space Shuttle to fly to space.

It lived a full career before the tragedy which led to its destruction at the end of STS-107 on 1-February 2003, which would have been its 28th mission.

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The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry to Earth on February 1, 2003, tragically resulting in the loss of all seven crew members. The incident was caused by damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system, sustained during launch, which allowed superheated air to penetrate the shuttle's wing during reentry.

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