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Debris from the space shuttle Columbia streaks across the sky over Tyler, Texas, Feb. 1, 2003. Pieces of the shuttle were scattered over East Texas with some debris falling in downtown Nacogdoches, Texas. Columbia disintegrated 39 miles over Texas as it returned from a 16-day mission.