There is a battle brewing over ownership of a retired NASA space shuttle. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by ...

The location of each fragment of the shattered shuttle was carefully documented, and then the parts were transported to a hangar at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where reconstruction efforts ...

SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it returned to earth on Feb. 1, 2003.

The Columbia disaster was the direct result of a foam strike, but institutional failures beneath the surface were just as deadly. Here's what went wrong.

The 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.

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.

The decades-long quest to build a reusable space shuttle tested America's post-War technological and innovative spirit. Getty Images When the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy ...

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

In 1982, New Mexico made history as Space Shuttle Columbia landed at Northrup Strip at the White Sands Missile Range. Here's more about the shuttle landing.

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.