When the columbia ignited in orbit in 2003, all seven of its crew members died during the remainder of their descent to earth Clark, kalpana chawla, michael p Willie mccool, and ilan ramon. The spacecraft had seven astronauts on board, including india's kalpana chawla The space shuttle crashed, killing the entire team of astronauts on board. She flew two missions aboard the space shuttle columbia
First in 1997 and in the shuttle’s final journey in 2003 She was one of seven astronauts who died when columbia disintegrated during reentry into earth’s atmosphere on february 1, 2003.
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