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| February 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From CBS Marketwatch (Stories))

Byline: Miles O'Brien, Suzanne Malveaux, Jane Arraf

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBS.MW) -- The space shuttle Columbia broke apart 200,000 feet above Texas on Saturday during its landing descent.

At the Mission Control center in Cape Canaveral, officials reported losing contact with the spacecraft at 9 a.m. Eastern, 16 minutes ahead of its scheduled landing in Florida. The crew of seven included the first Israeli astronaut.

Because of the Israeli connection, officials made a point of ruling out a terrorist connection to the disaster. Surface-to-air missiles could not reach the altitude of the shuttle, military …

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