Multiple outlets describe the deaths of astronauts during shuttle re-entry after catastrophic failures, focusing on the final moments aboard the spacecraft. Irish Mirror and the Daily Record say all crew of the space shuttle Columbia were killed as it tried to return to Earth after a problem at launch.
Daily Express reports that Columbia broke apart during re-entry on 1 February 2003, killing all seven astronauts on board. Irish Mirror also includes a separate framing that refers to the shuttle Challenger, saying all seven crew were killed after an incident at launch.
Taken together, the coverage mainly emphasizes last moments and NASA-related actions, but it presents different specifics about which shuttle disaster is being described and what triggered it. The outlets broadly agree on fatalities for seven astronauts in each described event, while the shuttle name and timeline details vary between sources.
