The Columbia disaster came one week after the 17th anniversary of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, which disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla.? Just before it disintegrated, space shuttle Columbia experienced an abnormal rise in temperature and wind resistance that forced the craft’s automatic pilot to make rapid ...

On January 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off. On January 16, shortly after Columbia lifted off, a piece of insulating foam on its external fuel tank came off and ...

NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies and remembrances during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts on Thursday. More than 100 people ...

On 1 February, 2003, the world watched in shock as Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The tragic incident killed all seven astronauts on board and raised ...

It was 28 January 1986, and the Space Shuttle Challenger was gearing ... something was wrong with the shuttle. Just 58 seconds after starting its journey, a spark exploded through a joint at the ...

Nick Charles: On April 14th, the Space Shuttle Columbia touched down on a desert strip in California, beginning a new age in space. Bob Foss relives that magic moment … Bob Foss: "The nose wheel ...

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after ... launchpad fire that killed three astronauts and the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster that killed seven — Higginbotham's ...