HOUSTON – No changes in the way the space shuttle Columbia returned to Earth would have saved it, an internal NASA (search) report concludes. Even dumping nearly 16 tons of non-essential items ...

Re-entry and materials experts at The Aerospace Corp. are studying graphite/epoxy honeycomb skins from Columbia’s orbital maneuvering system pod, once located at the aft end of the space plane.

On February 1, 2003, during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, Columbia disintegrated, leading to the loss of all seven crew members aboard.

Space Shuttle Columbia, on mission STS-107, disintegrated upon re-entry on February 1, 2003, resulting in the death of all seven astronauts aboard. The mission, primarily focused on microgravity ...

Shuttle Columbia was lost by ground controllers at 9am EST after a successful 16-day scientific research mission. TV stations in Dallas filmed the re-entry and saw what appeared to be the craft ...

7:48:39 (EI+270) – A sensor on the left wing leading edge spar showed strains higher than those seen on previous Columbia re-entries. This was recorded only on the Modular Auxiliary Data System, which ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (AP) - Space shuttle “Columbia” is missing. NASA has declared an emergency after it lost contact with Columbia. Columbia was scheduled to land in Florida at 9:16 a.m.

The de-orbit burn took place as scheduled at 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT) and all appeared to be going well with the re-entry until contact was lost over the north central part of Texas.

Shuttle Columbia was lost by ground controllers at 9am EST after a successful 16-day scientific research mission. TV stations in Dallas filmed the re-entry and saw what appeared to be the craft ...