Main content

Columbia Astronauts

A report from Wyoming where the 2003 Columbia astronauts went on a wilderness expedition

A report from Wyoming where the 2003 Columbia astronauts went on a wilderness expedition. The programme was recorded in the Wind River Mountain Range of Wyoming, where the seven Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts came to complete a wilderness expedition in the months before their fateful space mission. The crew died when the shuttle re-entered earth's atmosphere following an expedition in February 2003.

Release date:

Available now

23 minutes

成人快手 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

Space

The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!

Podcast