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 ...
On February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the space shuttle Columbia, as earlier damage to the craft's left wing caused the shuttle ...
In the early 1990s, NASA launched thousands of baby jellyfish into space. Not just a few specimens in a lab container, but about 2,500 tiny jellyfish polyps, sealed in bags of artificial seawater and ...
It's been 10 years since the Columbia space shuttle accident, and spaceflight safety has come a long way — but has it come far enough? Experts say traveling to space is still a risky business, and ...
When Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003, investigators later examined whether a desperate rescue mission using Shuttle Atlantis could have saved the seven astronauts. The analysis revealed a ...
As the crowd trickled into the auditorium at Johnson Space Center, NASA pride was everywhere. Logos adorned T-shirts and polo shirts, lapel pins and hats. One man opened his sport coat to reveal a ...
CAPE CANAVERAL ” Discovery and seven astronauts blasted into orbit Tuesday on America’s first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to ...