In a videotape released Friday by NASA, Columbia astronauts in the final minutes of their lives sipped drinks, put on their gloves, joked and mugged for the camera, unaware of the catastrophe ...

The nation mourns the loss of seven astronauts, and search crews gather the spaceship's debris bit by charred bit. Here is how the last moments of Columbia's final flight unfolded. . .

However, the new report paints a more detailed picture of the final moments of the Columbia crew than the broader investigation into the accident five years ago. Article continues below this ad ...

The grim details about the last moments of the doomed crew emerged as NASA's administrator said the space agency should be able to recover from the Columbia accident and safely return the shuttle ...

The crew of the doomed shuttle Columbia was violently spun around in the cabin as the spacecraft disintegrated, NASA says in its report on the 2003 tragedy.

At least one crew member, Cmdr. William McCool of the Navy, was alive and pushing buttons for half a minute after a first loud alarm sounded, as he futilely tried to right Columbia.

Even though parts of the report were redacted to protect the astronauts’ families, it represents the most graphic and harrowing account of the crew’s final moments. NASA officials already knew ...

However, the new report paints a more detailed picture of the final moments of the Columbia crew than the broader investigation into the accident five years ago.

WASHINGTON (voa) – The U.S. space agency, NASA, has released a videotape of the crew of the doomed shuttle Columbia in their last minutes of life before the craft disintegrated one month ago ...

Ahead of new BBC documentary The Space Shuttle That Fell To Earth, we take a look at the tragic final moments of of the seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia ...