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 ...

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.

Brian Ewenson, executive director of Spaceport Sheboygan, shares his connection to Space Shuttle Columbia on the 21st anniversary of the tragedy.

On April 12, 1981, the Columbia was launched on the first U.S. space shuttle flight.

Don’t miss “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” an investigative CNN documentary set to air Sunday, April 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The in depth feature will focus on details never before ...

The disintegration of the Columbia space shuttle on February 1, 2003, was a turning point for the American space program, writes Douglas Brinkley. Seventeen years after the Challenger burned just ...

Twenty years have passed since the Columbia space shuttle broke apart over Texas, yet traces of these astronauts live on at home and at NASA.

20 years after space shuttle Columbia disaster, lessons learned still in sharp focus at NASA By William Harwood February 1, 2023 / 12:01 AM EST / CBS News ...

NASA archive footage below shows the excitement of launch day to the astronauts' final moments. Space Shuttle Columbia launches from Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 16, 2003 ...

Twenty years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center for the last time. It was on its return to Earth, after 16 days in space, that the shuttle broke apart, killing ...