On February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the space shuttle Columbia, as earlier damage to the craft's left wing caused the shuttle to be destroyed upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts on board. It ...

Introduction : organizational aspects of the Columbia disaster ; Synopsis : NASA, the CAIB report, and the Columbia disaster / Moshe Farjoun and William H. Starbuck -- History and policy at the space ...

A new documentary, Spacewoman, explores the inspiring story of the astronaut who led NASA's "Return to Flight" after the Columbia disaster. Reading time 4 minutes Eileen Collins didn’t want to put her ...

Americans' attention was torn from the growing conflict in Iraq this Saturday, February 1, when the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded over the skies of Texas. Now, 17 years after the Challenger ...

TOKYO - The break-up of space shuttle Columbia is likely to have a devastating impact on the Japanese space programme which had been due to send its fifth astronaut into space aboard an upcoming ...

WASHINGTON -- Space shuttle landings were supposed to be routine. And until Feb. 1, 2003, they were -- at least to most Americans. Much like the 1986 Challenger disaster, that expectation of normalcy ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Sunday marks the 23rd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster that killed seven crew members, including Lubbock’s own Willie McCool. PREVIOUS STORY: Willie McCool’s ...

IT'S BEEN JUST a month since the space shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas, killing its seven-member crew. The commission investigating the disaster, which held its first public meeting Thursday, ...