On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during atmospheric entry over Texas. Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3 ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

Minnesota teen’s space experiment flew aboard Columbia in 1982, revealing how bugs react to weightlessness during shuttle ...

The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday. Perhaps more ...

Associated Press Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 2:21 p.m. | Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 2:21 p.m. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle ...

Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't ...

(U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In the wake of the Columbia space-shuttle accident, students and professors at universities around the country grieved for the astronauts involved while expressing hope for ...

Twenty years to the day since Yuri Gagarin flew in Vostok 1, the world’s first reusable spacecraft – and the most complex spacecraft ever built – was launched into orbit by the US.

In the period between 1961 to 2025, 14 US, 4 USSR and 1 Israeli astronaut died. In addition to these incidents, 11 astronauts, test pilots, and other personnel have been killed during training or ...