It may have broken up below the karman line, but space isn't a hard cutoff. The atmosphere was still far too thin to not need a pressure suit at that altitude, and both missions failed due to problems that would come into effect upon performing the re-entry maneuver.
No, Columbia had reentered the atmosphere already, so not in space
It may have broken up below the karman line, but space isn't a hard cutoff. The atmosphere was still far too thin to not need a pressure suit at that altitude, and both missions failed due to problems that would come into effect upon performing the re-entry maneuver.