On February 1, 2003, NASA lost space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven astronauts. ... KSC's iconic Vehicle Assembly Building is known as the home of history-making vehicles like Saturn V, ...

It's been 15 years since the United States and the world stood in shock on Feb. 1, 2003, watching the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrate and fall from the sky, killing all seven crew members ...

Space shuttle Columbia lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on January 16, 2003, in Florida. Columbia broke up upon reentry to Earth and the seven-person crew was lost February 1, 2003.

Space shuttle Columbia lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on January 16, 2003, in Florida. Columbia broke up upon reentry to Earth and the seven-person crew was lost February 1, 2003.

From the archives: Watch CBS News coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003, in the video above. Twenty years ago this Wednesday — on Feb. 1, 2003, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST ...

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

We don't need another one of those."… Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from Kennedy Space Center's LC-39B on the morning of July 23, 1999. Two previous launch attempts, on July 20 and 22, were ...

Twenty years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center for the last time. It was on its return to Earth, after 16 days in space, that the shuttle broke apart, killing ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pat Duggins of Alabama Public Radio about the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, which they both covered 20 years ago next week.

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation’s first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space. Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10:39 ...