• The Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC) is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, in City of Downey, California, US. It is owned and operated by Downey...
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    Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American...
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    On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts...
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    Space Mirror Memorial, which forms part of the larger Astronauts Memorial, is a National Memorial on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Space Center Visitor...
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    spacecraft, and were launched vertically as part of the Space Shuttle stack. Columbia was the first space-worthy orbiter; it made its inaugural flight in 1981...
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    owners of the property placed it on temporary display at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California, in July 2012. After sitting in storage...
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    Kaiser Permanente hospital, a park, and Columbia Memorial Space Center museum taking up the remainder of the space. In October 2012 demolition of Downey...
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    similar memorial service was held at the Johnson Space Center on February 4, 2003, for the astronauts who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster...
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    The Columbia Center, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States...
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  • This is a list of science centers (spelt science centre in Commonwealth English) organized by continent. Science centers are a type of science museum that...
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    demolished, and replaced by the Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey Landing shopping center, Promenade at Downey shopping center (the former movie studio...
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    The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. It features exhibits and displays...
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    that traveled the world, Challenger was the second Space Shuttle orbiter to fly into space after Columbia, and launched on its maiden flight in April 1983...
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  • Promenade at Downey (category Power centers (retail) in the United States)
    Permanente Downey hospital (built on 30 acres of the site) and the Columbia Memorial Space Center. The History Walk at the Promenade is a path along which are...
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    were satisfied. The boilerplate is currently located at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology Archived...
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    September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in...
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    The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Washington, D.C...
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    Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986...
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    Kalpana Chawla (category Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
    who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic...
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    STS-61-E (category Cancelled Space Shuttle missions)
    was a NASA Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on 6 March 1986 using Columbia. It was canceled after the Challenger disaster. Columbia was to carry...
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    in NASA's Astronaut Memorial Grove at the Johnson Space Center, along with trees for each astronaut from the Apollo 1 and Columbia disasters. Seven asteroids...
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    The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National...
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    Michael P. Anderson (category Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
    astronaut. He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the...
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    faw-ROH, /fəˈroʊ/ fə-ROH[citation needed]) at Memorial Stadium is an outdoor sports stadium in Columbia, Missouri, United States, on the campus of the...
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    Columbia: The Tragic Loss is a 2004 documentary film about the first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died in 2003 when Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated...
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    Cube Los Angeles, Columbia Memorial Space Center in the City of Downey, Discovery Cube Orange County and the Fleet Science Center in San Diego, CA. Oct...
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    astronauts who died on duty are memorialized at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Cosmonauts...
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  • Commission. Columbia College Chicago is the host institution of several affiliated educational, cultural, and research organizations, including the Center for...
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    Rick Husband (category Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
    the memorial ceremony at the Astronaut Memorial "Space Mirror" at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, five years after the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy...
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    the Columbia Memorial Space Center (former NASA Facility, Downey, CA) BP-22 with mission A-003 test flight; boilerplate on display at Johnson Space Center...
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