But first there is something he wants to do. "These are the seven people we killed 2½ years ago," he says, pointing at a picture of the crew killed when the Columbia shuttle exploded Feb. 1, 2003 ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in this handout photo dated Jan. 28, 1986. NASA is offering up wreckage from the Challenger and Columbia for public view after ...

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. -- On Saturday, February 1, ...

On July 26, 2005, the space shuttle Discovery launched on the first "Return to Flight" mission following the Columbia ...

More than 100 people gathered under a gray sky at Kennedy Space Center to remember not only Columbia’s crew of seven, but the 18 other astronauts killed in the line of duty. NASA’s two shuttle ...

On February 1 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere over the United States. The shuttle had been returning to Earth with the crew, having spent the ...

It's been 21 years since all seven members of Space Shuttle Columbia lost their lives when the aircraft disintegrated after re-entering the Earth's atmosphere after a 16-day research mission.

Bookmarked between two other tragedies that struck NASA — the 1967 Apollo launchpad fire that killed three astronauts and the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster that killed seven — Higginbotham’s book ...

America would have to find a similar kind of grim inspiration just four days later, when, on February 1—20 years ago today—Columbia met an end similar to Challenger’s, breaking apart during reentry, ...

Remembering Columbia's inaugural flight — NASA's first space shuttle launch Digital WritersThe Weather Network Published on Apr. 12, 2021, 9:57 AM Updated on Apr. 12, 2024, 12:45 PM ...