Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3, the disintegration of Columbia was complete ... the decision was made to retire the Shuttle fleet after primary construction of the International ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

In the wake of the Columbia disaster, the United States government mandated that the Space Shuttle fleet be retired as soon as construction of the International Space Station was completed.

Following its return to Earth after a 16-day space mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on its journey back into the Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. All seven crew members were killed.

STS-1, better known as the space shuttle Columbia, left NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 12 April 1981, and just over two days later came down to land at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

The KSC ceremony was organized by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, which funded construction of the ... return of his ...

Nick Charles: On April 14th, the Space Shuttle Columbia touched down on a desert strip in California, beginning a new age in space. Bob Foss relives that magic moment … Bob Foss: "The nose wheel ...

It never went into space, but a full-size original space shuttle design prototype built ... its planned display in a new exhibit hall at the Columbia Memorial Space Center. The mock-up, measuring ...