It's been 20 years since space shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry, killing the entire crew of seven. NASA had high hopes for Columbia's 28th mission. It rocketed into space on Jan. 16, 2003, ...

Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry. Columbia was just 16 minutes from landing at the Kennedy Space Center, when Mission ...

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster didn’t begin during re-entry. It began 16 days earlier, with something NASA believed was harmless. In 2003, Columbia launched on what appeared to be a routine mission.

NASA mission control had grave concerns about Space Shuttle Columbia's safety - yet the astronauts on board had no idea of the danger lurking until their final, terrifying moments. On February 1, 2003 ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On a sleepy winter Saturday morning in 2003, most Americans had no idea that seven astronauts were gliding back to Earth after more than two weeks in space. But the whole nation ...