Hackaday

The Hard-Learned Lessons Of The Columbia Disaster

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 ...
Yahoo

All four parts of Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight to air on CNN this weekend

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight. Two decades ago, the Space Shuttle Columbia had its final flight in February 2003 when ...

The 2003 Columbia disaster killed seven astronauts, but these tiny worms somehow survived the impact, and the reason was aluminium

When Space Shuttle Columbiabroke apart on February 1, 2003, all seven astronauts lost their lives. Yet one NASA experiment ...
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20 years after Columbia shuttle tragedy, NASA pledges 'acute awareness' of astronaut safety

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. seven astronauts in flight suits posing for a portrait It was 20 years ago today (Feb. 1) that seven astronauts lost their lives ...
Orlando Sentinel

20 years after Columbia shuttle disaster, astronauts’ legacy lives on at home and at NASA

HOUSTON — Six-year-old Laurel Clark has the spunk and swimming chops of her grandmother and namesake, NASA astronaut Laurel Blair Salton Clark. Laura Husband, 32, inherited the singing voice of her ...
Orlando Sentinel

Space Shuttle Columbia launched for the last time 20 years ago

It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation’s first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space. Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10:39 a.m. Jan. 16, 2003 from ...
Newsweek

NASA’s Columbia Space Shuttle Debris Is Still Being Examined, More Than a Decade After it Exploded

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fifteen years ago today, NASA's Columbia space shuttle fell apart on ...
Phys.org

Columbia disaster that scuttled the space shuttle

America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Its space program suffered a ...
Astronomy

The Columbia space shuttle first launched 37 years ago

Today marks the 37th anniversary of a launch that forever changed space travel. On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and became the ...
Newsweek

Columbia Space Shuttle Anniversary: Craft First Blasted Off 37 Years Ago Today

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A revolution in space travel came to NASA on April 12, 1981—the space ...
PBS

Shuttle Columbia Disaster in Space

The search for debris from the shuttle Columbia continued today. Gwen Ifill discusses the investigation with the White House correspondent for The New York Times and a former astronaut. Joining me now ...