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Hard to believe that 20 years ago, I got a call from my dad telling me they'd lost the orbiter and that he and mom wouldn't be coming home for a while as they stayed at JSC to figure out what happened. Sharing their experience again today

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The Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy: a conversation with my parents who worked the accident

Looking back on the anniversary of the failure

2:31 PM · Feb 1, 2023

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I’ll never forget it. Was covering it for

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at the time, waiting for Ilan Ramon to land. Sad sad day.

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I remember going in to work that day and right when I walked in that story hit the news and was on the TVs in the entry way... I felt stunned, and like I was 8 years old again watching the Challenger

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Thank you for sharing, I'd never heard of the issue with STS-112 before this

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Thought you were back at The Verge for a second.

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💔

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Thank you for sharing 🥰

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Loren, absolutely fascinating interview w/ your parents. As a native Houstonian and NASA nerd, I remember that day vividly watching the news coverage. I’ve had friends and family work for NASA. Great tribute to everything that happened that day.

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We will always remember the sacrifice made by Columbia and her crew.

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@lorengrush

One of the few events in my life where I remember exactly where I was when I found out it happened.

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Thanks for this! I remember that day, I was changing flights in the Chicago airport, and I could not believe the news developing in real time. As always a space fan I was in tears. It is the astronauts themselves, their families and friends but you bring also the rest of people