You know, the space shuttle has had successful entries 111 times. When we first launched the "Columbia" back in 1981, there were people had their hearts in their throats until we saw "Columbia ...

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.

Space shuttle Columbia began its 28th mission with a liftoff from KSC’s Launch Pad 39A at 10:39 am EST on Jan. 16, 2003.

That day, the shuttle Columbia was returning from a 16-day trip to space devoted to science research. But what began as a routine re-entry through Earth's atmosphere ended disastrously as the ...

On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during atmospheric entry over Texas. Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3, th… ...

The ceremony highlighted the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 for the 20th anniversary of the mission disaster that killed seven astronauts on Feb. 1, 2003. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) ...

More than 82,000 pieces of debris from the Feb. 1, 2003 shuttle disaster, which killed seven astronauts, were recovered. In all, 84,800 pounds, or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia ...

Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 16, 2003. The mission would be the shuttle’s last, as the orbiter disintegrated upon re-entry 16 days ...

Remembering the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, 20 years later On Feb. 1, 2003, WFAA News cameras were rolling when the world realized something was wrong. Rebecca Lopez ...

The tragic destruction of the space shuttle Columbia 10 years ago today (Feb. 1) taught NASA and the nation a tough lesson: Human spaceflight remains a dangerous proposition.

They now say a piece of foam that dislodged at liftoff from the external fuel tank hitting the shuttle's wing, and damaging it probably is not the main cause of the disaster on re-entry.

Twenty years ago this week, San Diego-born astronaut William McCool and his six crew mates were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003. From The San ...