Its motto: “Their mission became our mission.” The massive recovery effort, the largest land search ever, recovered 38% of Columbia, and crew member remains.

Remains of all seven astronauts in the space shuttle Columbia crew have been recovered in rural east Texas, NASA officials said Sunday. While forensics experts said the fragmentary remains could ...

Forensics experts expressed confidence that fragmentary remains of Columbia's crew members could be genetically identified despite the craft's disintegration 39 miles overhead, but said details ...

DOD Misidentifies Photos of Columbia Crew Remains Arriving at Dover AFB as Being Iraq War Dead, SpaceRef If you look at the originating website for the controversial photos of war dead being ...

Cabana said the remains are “still in the process of identification.” Six Americans and the first Israeli in space formed Columbia’s crew.

Sen. Bill Nelson hosted a 25th reunion of the Columbia shuttle crew during a weekend of celebrating their giddy success while also reflecting on the dangers of human spaceflight.

Tears and tributes mark Columbia anniversary From Florida to Texas to India and beyond, somber ceremonies honored Columbia's crew, one year after the space shuttle disintegrated.