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.

A 67-year-old convicted murderer became the first person in the United States to be executed by firing squad in 15 years, using his final words to ... Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

Just 16 minutes before its scheduled landing February 1, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 40 ... station's crew has enough supplies to last through the end of June. In its final minutes ...

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew's helmets, spacesuits and restraints, which resulted in "lethal trauma" to 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 ...

The story of the doomed Challenger spacecraft and how it came to its gruesome demise features a tragic sequence of events and heartbreaking final words from those on board. It was 28 January 1986, and ...