Immediately after take-off on 16 January 2003, the US space shuttle Columbia sustained some ostensibly minor damage. The seven crew were reassured by Nasa that it had "no concerns" about the craft ...

Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, and a rookie, Bob ...

Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven-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 ...

Remembering the Space Shuttle Columbia In this corner we have the double over time loss of the Georgetown men’s basketball team to hated rival Notre Dame. In the other corner we have the biggest ...

It was Saturday, February 1, 2003, and the space shuttle Columbia was scheduled to return from its 28th mission. But then, disaster and tragedy. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) SIMON: And we ...

Twenty years ago on Jan. 16, Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center for the last time.It was on its return to Earth, after 16 days in space, that the shuttle broke apart ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Jan. 16 -- Two years behind schedule, the shuttle Columbia rocketed into space yesterday, kicking off a 16-day science mission featuring more than 80 experiments, a host of animal ...

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry after a piece of fuel-tank foam came off and punctured the left wing during liftoff. The shuttle broke apart over Texas, just 16 minutes away from touchdown in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space Shuttle Columbia ...

The launch takes place on a milestone date, marking 20 years since the STS-114 space shuttle mission took off from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B. The launch of Discovery on the STS-114 mission on July ...

Twenty years ago this week, San Diego-born astronaut William McCool and his six crew mates were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003.From The San Diego… ...