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 ...

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 ...

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.

Twenty years to the day since Yuri Gagarin flew in Vostok 1, the world’s first reusable spacecraft – and the most complex spacecraft ever built – was launched into orbit by the US.

It never went into space, but a full-size original space shuttle design prototype built in 1972 as part of Rockwell ...

"The NASA Life of Ethel Lee" is currently on display at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey. It's a Women's History ...