On this day in history, Feb.1, 2003, as the Space Shuttle Columbia made its decent back to Earth after completing a 16-day mission in space, a real-life nightmare unfolded. The shuttle exploded and ...
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The Columbia Disaster Was Worse Than You Thought
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 ...
It's been 20 years since space shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry, killing the entire crew of seven. NASA had high hopes for Columbia's 28th mission. It rocketed into space on Jan. 16, 2003, ...
Five astronauts and two payload specialists make up the STS 51-L crew, scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in January of 1986. Crewmembers are (left to right, front row) astronauts ...
This browser does not support the Video element. Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event ...
HEMPHILL, Texas (KTRE) - The Remembering Columbia Museum marked its 15th anniversary Sunday, continuing its mission to honor the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart ...
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On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into... Lessons and failures from the Challenger space shuttle ...
Graduate student Alex Thompson, left, and Hisham Ali, right, talk in front of their plasma tunnel, where a plasma made from argon gas glows purple. Picture a spacecraft returning to Earth after a long ...
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