Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003. It was the 28th mission for the orbiter, with the STS-107 crew set to carry out experiments over the ...

Space shuttle Columbia and its 7-member crew lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 16, 2003. The mission would be the shuttle's last as the orbiter disintegrated upon re-entry 16 days later ...

Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Columbia took off on a scientific mission. On its way home, it flew over North Texas. “Good morning if you step out quickly that’s a live picture of the ...

Space Shuttle Columbia launched for the final time 20 years ago HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION. SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA BLASTED OFF ON ITS FINAL MISSION ON THIS DAY IN 2003. 16 DAYS LATER, COLUMBIA ...

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.

As the other orbiter lifted off, Columbia's crew would have long since set a shuttle program record—they would have been in space for 25 days, eight days longer than the previous longest shuttle ...

On February 1, 2003, NASA lost space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven astronauts. Remembering them and lessons learned remain critical today.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pat Duggins of Alabama Public Radio about the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, which they both covered 20 years ago next week. ... boom, boom - off the shuttle.

TEXAS, USA — On Jan. 16, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia took off on a scientific mission with seven astronauts on board. Sixteen days later, WFAA captured live footage of it over Texas as it ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — 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 ...

Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Columbia took off on a scientific mission. On its way home, it flew over North Texas. “Good morning if you step out quickly that’s a live picture of the ...

Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Columbia took off on a scientific mission. On its way home, it flew over North Texas. “Good morning if you step out quickly that’s a live picture of the ...