The Columbia Space Shuttle broke up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere and it could be seen from the groundImage: Scott Lieberman/AP Photo/picture alliance The story and investigation into the ...

Space shuttle Columbia launches on it’s final mission ... these thirty-something people on the debris assessment team, until we get a photo." Rocha said despite urging for pictures from ...

Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10:39 a.m. Jan. 16, 2003 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A with a crew of seven. “The Lord has blessed us with a beautiful day here,” mission ...

Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space agency’s approach to innovation, forever altering how it balanced risk with the call ...

It's been exactly 20 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board: commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, mission ...

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 ...