The return to Earth is a hazardous facet of spaceflight, but NASA has never suffered a reentry failure in its 42-year-history of manned missions -- until Saturday’s loss of the shuttle orbiter ...

When the space shuttle Columbia began its reentry into the Earth's atmosphere yesterday morning, it was traveling at a speed greater than 16,000 miles per hour and had little in common with an ...

Space shuttle Columbia breaks into pieces over Texas, killing all seven crew members aboard. President Bush tells the nation the work of the space program will go on. NASA engineers begin the grim ...

HOUSTON (WABC) -- On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke apart while returning to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. Eyewitness News presents our coverage from that tragic day. The ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (AP) - Space shuttle “Columbia” is missing. NASA has declared an emergency after it lost contact with Columbia. Columbia was scheduled to land in Florida at 9:16 a.m.

The space shuttle Columbia shatters minutes before a planned landing in Florida Saturday morning. President Bush tells the nation: "Columbia is lost. There are no survivors." Listen to NPR News.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection contains 17 digital images showing the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its reentry on February 1, 2003. These ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. – The Space Shuttle Columbia will fly over south Mississippi and Louisiana early Saturday morning Feb. 1, 2003, as it prepares for landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Shuttle Columbia was lost by ground controllers at 9am EST after a successful 16-day scientific research mission. TV stations in Dallas filmed the re-entry and saw what appeared to be the craft ...