Space Shuttle Columbia - in Popular Culture

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A restored Columbia was used in Episode 19 (Wild Horses) of the Anime Cowboy Bebop to rescue Spike when his Swordfish enters a steep orbit and is going to burn up. The anime, made in 1998, predated the Columbia disaster by 5 years.

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