Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-107 from Kennedy Space Center on 16 Jan 03. Image credit: NASA. On 16 Jan 03, Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on mission STS-107. Approximately 82 seconds after launch, a section of insulating foam separated from the shuttle’s external fuel tank and struck the reinforced carbon-carbon panels protecting the leading edge of its left wing. The foam strike was captured by launch cameras, but

On 06 May 90, a heritage passenger train hauled by steam locomotive 3801 stalled while climbing the Cowan Bank, approximately five kilometres south of Brooklyn on the Sydney to Newcastle railway. A following CityRail interurban passenger train received a proceed indication and struck the rear of the stationary excursion train, killing six people and injuring 93. The final carriage of the excursion train was destroyed and the front of the interurban train was extensively damag