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This view through one of US space shuttle Columbia's overhead windows shows a plasma flash (TOP CENTER) as captured by a video camera operated by Laurel Clark on the aft flightdeck during reentry 01 February 2003 over the Pacific Ocean for a planned landing in Florida. Shortly before the spacecraft lost communication with mission control, sensors picked up a sharp rise of temperatures in parts of the shuttle's left wing, accident investigators have said. The temperature increase indicates that hot plasma enveloping the shuttle during descent may have penetrated the Columbia's protective skin. AFP PHOTO/NASA (Photo by NASA VIDEO / AFP) (Photo by NASA VIDEO/AFP via Getty Images)