Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David M. Brown, a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. What they didn't know was that, during liftoff, a piece of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. seven astronauts in flight suits posing for a portrait It was 20 years ago today (Feb. 1) that seven astronauts lost their lives ...

America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Its space program suffered a ...

Charles Camarda, 70, who grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, retired from NASA in 2019. Among his missions in a 45-year career was flying on the first space shuttle to launch after the Columbia disaster in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space ...

HOUSTON — Six-year-old Laurel Clark has the spunk and swimming chops of her grandmother and namesake, NASA astronaut Laurel Blair Salton Clark. Laura Husband, 32, inherited the singing voice of her ...

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It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation’s first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space. Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10:39 a.m. Jan. 16, 2003 from ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fifteen years ago today, NASA's Columbia space shuttle fell apart on ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pat Duggins of Alabama Public Radio about the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, which they both covered 20 years ago next week. It was Saturday, February 1, 2003, and the ...

HOUSTON — A piece of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke apart and burned on re-entry more than eight years ago, has been found in a drought-stricken East Texas lake, NASA officials said Tuesday.

On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed upon reentry into the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. Shortly after the incident, the Columbia Accident Investigation ...