On 1 February 2003, Columbia was returning to Earth after a 16-day scientific research mission. They never made it back. The eclipse won't be total anywhere in the world, but parts of Canada will ...

The launch was third time lucky in more ways than one. Unknown to the Shuttle's crew and flight controllers, Columbia contained several flaws – as do all vehicles – some of which were about to ...

Credit: NASA It’s impossible to say if knowing the full extent of the damage to Columbia’s wing would have saved the crew. There was still no formal procedure for a Shuttle rescue mission in ...

Just 16 minutes before its scheduled landing February 1, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 40 miles above Earth, killing its crew of seven astronauts. Debris from the shuttle was scattered ...

Just before it disintegrated, space shuttle Columbia experienced an abnormal ... director of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space Center, said remains from all seven of the astronauts ...

Reflecting on Kalpana Chawla’s legacy, this editorial urges readers to look beyond daily conflicts, focus on bigger goals, ...

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew's helmets, spacesuits and restraints, which resulted in "lethal trauma" to the ...

In 2003, Doug Hurley was the lead Cape Crusader for the STS-107 mission. Space Shuttle Columbia and her seven crew were slated for a sixteen day research mission to orbit. The mission was long ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003 ... not pose a threat to the safety of the orbiting shuttle and its crew. As is all too well known, two weeks later Columbia disintegrated ...

And when the shuttle’s solid rocket boosters fired ... How essential was Gene Kranz in determining that Columbia’s crew would not be in danger during reentry? Was Kranz’ experience with ...

Shuttle Columbia, with NASA’s first female spaceflight commander Eileen Collins leading a crew of five, successfully reached orbit and went on to deploy the Chandra X-Ray Observatory hours later ...