Scientists have managed to recover critical data from experiments carried out in space from a hard drive found in the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

The hard drive was onboard when the shuttle disintegrated 39 miles up, while travelling at a speed of 12,500mph.

The drive was found and 99 per cent of the data has now been recovered and processed by Ontrack Data Recovery in Minneapolis.

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