Just before it disintegrated, space shuttle Columbia experienced an abnormal ... The goal is to establish a sequence of how parts were ripped off Columbia as it endured the intense heat and ...

On February 1st, 2003 at ... the Hubble Space Telescope, every Shuttle that flew after the loss of Columbia went directly to the ISS. Gone were the days where the Shuttle flew off on its own ...

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 ...

STS-1, better known as the space shuttle Columbia ... six NASA crew members when the shuttle broke up 73 seconds into its flight. In 2003, damage to Columbia’s protective heat panels during ...

Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray ... As the Shuttle lifted off, the commander, Eileen Collins, called "Fuel Cell PH." Hale wrote that the call indicated ...