In memory of the 22nd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the ‘Remembering Columbia’ museum will be offering free admission on Saturday. Visit this article to learn more ...
Their son, Jim Halsell, was a NASA astronaut. With five shuttle missions under his space suit, three of them were on board Columbia. His parents have been at the Kennedy Space Center for every one ...
The STS-51L mission was originally targeted for Jan. 23, 1986, but was pushed back because of delays with the Columbia shuttle and STS-61C mission just miles away at Launch Pad 39A. Weather ...
The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after the launch with a terrible mid-air explosion on Jan. 28, 1986. The blast killed all seven crew members aboard Challenger, including teacher ...
Seventy-three seconds into the launch, the shuttle broke apart, killing the seven crewmembers on board: Commander Dick Scobee, pilot Michael J. Smith, mission specialists Ronald McNair ...
The mission was commanded by Apollo veteran Thomas "TK" Mattingly, who had been dropped from Apollo 13 due to exposure to German measles and later flew on Apollo 16. Mattingly also flew with Henry ...
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ... spanning 56 manned missions that began in 1961. On Tuesday, the ...
So, when he was chosen from among more than 600 applicants to serve as one of two payload specialists aboard a NASA shuttle mission, Jarvis asked UB for a flag he could take into space with the ...
The Old Brewery Mission operates a shuttle bus that makes the rounds 7 days a week, picking up anyone experiencing homelessness and taking them where they want.
Just as 2024 was the year India developed a vision for its space programme, 2025 is likely to have the programme in mission mode. The PSLV-C60 mission, underway as the year began, laid the ...