The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday. Perhaps more ...

Head, who has been involved with several space exploration missions, including the Galileo unmanned spacecraft and the Mars Surveyor Mission, said the timing of the Columbia tragedy was tragic but not ...

While the Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS) would fly again after the Columbia disaster, even the program’s most ardent supporters had to admit ...

From a spacecraft’s coolant leak to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, astronauts have gotten stuck in space for a ...

In the wake of the Columbia disaster, the United States government mandated that the Space Shuttle fleet be retired as soon as construction of the International Space Station was completed.

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 ...

HEMPHILL, Texas (KETK)- In memory of the 22nd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the ‘Remembering Columbia’ ...

Born in Karnal, Haryana, Kalpana was the first Indian woman who went to space. In her memory, the first Indian water ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003 ... In the wake of the disaster, accident investigators did a back-of-the-envelope, fairly simple physics calculation and realized that ...

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Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia ... and ended in disaster, completely ...

SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it returned to earth on Feb. 1, 2003. Pieces of Columbia showered there and parts of Louisiana. KTBS was there talking ...