On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM ... would fly again after the Columbia disaster, even the program’s most ardent supporters had to admit fundamental design of the Shuttle ...

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

As a physician and retired astronaut, I share the concern of countless Canadians regarding the current crisis in our health ...

Following the Columbia disaster, NASA grounded its remaining ... a spacecraft engineer from California who in 2003 was member of the NASA astronaut corps waiting to make his first foray into ...

SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it returned to earth on Feb. 1, 2003.

American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six other astronauts when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry into ...

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 ...