Feb 15, 2010 · The space shuttle Columbia broke apart on February 1, 2003, while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.

Jan 25, 2025 · The Columbia disaster was the breakup of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, that claimed the lives of all on board just minutes before it was to land at the …

Jan 26, 2023 · Space shuttle Columbia began its 28th mission with a spectacular liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, at 10:39 am EST on Jan. …

Jan 25, 2023 · NASA's space shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003, in a tragic disaster that killed the shuttle's seven-astronaut crew. See how the Columbia shuttle …

STS-1, Columbia’s maiden voyage, launched on April 12, 1981, and was the inaugural flight in the Space Shuttle Program. It proved the operational concept of a winged, reusable spaceship by …

On March 24, 1979, space shuttle Columbia arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the very first time. Following Presidential direction to build the space shuttle in 1972, Congress …

Columbia flew 28 missions in her lifetime, logging more than 300 days in space. Columbia's crowning achievement was perhaps the deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory in July …

Feb 2, 2003 · On April 12, 1981, Columbia roared into a deep blue sky as the nation’s first reusable Space Shuttle. Named after the first American ocean vessel to circle the globe and …

Jun 18, 2024 · The first shuttle mission in 2003, STS-107 mission marked the 113th flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program and the 28th flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia. …

2 days ago · The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum in Hemphill is dedicated to space shuttle Columbia and all nine of the lives lost. Included in the memorial are Charles Krenek and Jules …