图片新闻【238】美国哥伦比亚号航天飞机坠毁

Flags fly at half-staff at the base of the Washington Monument in memory of those who perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, in Washington. Space shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it prepared to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday morning. All crew members perished in the disaster. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

词汇：

Flags fly at half-staff 降半旗

monument n.纪念碑

perish vi.毁灭, 死亡

space shuttle n.(往返于地球和太空站之间运载人和物资的)航天飞机

crew n.全体人员, (工作)队

disaster n.灾难, 天灾, 灾祸

附图：哥伦比亚号上遇难的七名宇航员分别是：里克-赫兹本德、威廉-麦克库尔、麦克尔-安德森、大卫-布朗、凯尔帕娜-乔拉、劳里尔-克拉克以及以色列人伊兰-拉蒙。