SpaceX's ongoing mission to prepare Starship spacecraft for trips to the moon and, eventually, Mars suffered a setback when a ...

India's space program is growing. Many Indians and people of Indian origin are contributing to NASA. Kalpana Chawla was the ...

On 1 February, 2003, the world watched in shock as Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The tragic incident killed all seven astronauts on board and raised ...

Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia broke apart upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003, killing all seven ...

At 8:44 a.m. on February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia re-entered Earth's atmosphere at around 400,000 feet. Over the next eight minutes, Columbia descended 150,000 feet at Mach 24.1, causing ...

CNN is debuting a four-part series looking back at the events that led to the death of seven astronauts on board Space Shuttle Columbia when it was destroyed on its way back home from space in 2003.

It's been just over 21 years since one of the darkest days in NASA's history. On the morning of February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and ...

The two deadliest disasters involved NASA space shuttle missions. In January 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into launch, killing its seven-person crew, including Christa ...

Space Shuttle Columbia: Investigators discuss evidence found after disaster As it passed through Texas, the shuttle was 16 minutes away from landing in Florida. It never made it.

Twenty years ago today, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The seven astronauts on board would never make it back … ...

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn remembers the seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia that exploded on February 1, 2003, upon reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. "We remember, we ...

WASHINGTON - On February 1, 2003, seven astronauts were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry. Columbia disintegrated upon reentry after a piece of fuel-tank foam came ...