For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

NASA issues a report, providing the most detailed account of the final moments of the seven astronauts who died aboard the spacecraft Columbia before its disintegration upon re-entry in 2003.

On April 12, 1981, NASA's inaugural space shuttle flight launched astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen aboard Columbia ... for shuttle operations. The final chapter of NASA’s shuttle program ...

The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday. Perhaps more ...

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 ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank would fall off ...

It’s been 22 years since space shuttle Columbia broke apart across the skies of East Texas. Many gathered at the Patricia ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank fell off ...

a flown-in-space shuttle launch suit, and a visual account of Columbia’s final mission and the recovery effort that followed. A shuttle flight deck simulator constructed by former NASA engineers ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ... Steve Nesbitt uttered unsettling words: "Flight controllers here ...

Many gathered at the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum in Hemphill to remember the shuttle’s last flight and the lives lost. “Of anything I did in my career, the Columbia recovery was the ...