On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry.
When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering ...
The Remembering Columbia Museum marked its 15th anniversary Sunday, continuing its mission to honor the seven astronauts who ...
On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael ...
The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...
Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...
Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff while carrying seven people, including "Teacher in Space" participant Christa McAuliffe. Nobody survived the launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from NASA's Kennedy ...
NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...
Space Shuttle Discovery remains intact at the Smithsonian after officials warned relocation could damage the historic orbiter ...
40 years ago on Jan. 28, 1986, 7 spacefarers were killed when shuttle Challenger exploded midair after launching from Kennedy ...