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Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

Mourners left a makeshift memorial outside NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after the Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003. Brett Coomer/Getty Images hide caption

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Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

Mourners left a makeshift memorial outside NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after the Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003. Brett Coomer/Getty Images hide caption

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Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

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Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

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