Twenty years ago today, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The seven astronauts on board would never make it back ...

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back... Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA ...

Twenty years ago Wednesday, the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew were lost when the spacecraft broke up during reentry over Texas. The lessons learned from that tragedy transformed the culture of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space ...

HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION. SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA BLASTED OFF ON ITS FINAL MISSION ON THIS DAY IN 2003. 16 DAYS LATER, COLUMBIA BURNED UP AS IT RETURNED TO EARTH. NANCY: OUR SPACE COAST BUREAU ...

Today is the tenth anniversary of the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia, which blew apart as it was gliding across Texas to a Florida landing. All seven crew members died, and Texans were poking ...

The orbiter broke apart while reentering the atmosphere at the end of the STS-107 mission. February 1, 2003 will live up as one of the saddest days in the history of space exploration. Just 22 minutes ...

It's been exactly 20 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board: commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, mission ...