The space shuttle Columbia has been seen apparently breaking up in the skies over Texas as it returned to Earth. All seven crew members died. And that day, Pat Duggins joined Weekend Edition for ...

In a letter to NASA's interim chief, Sean Duffy, the group slammed "wasteful changes" that undermine NASA's core mission.

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

It's been 15 years since the United States and the world stood in shock on Feb. 1, 2003, watching the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrate and fall from the sky, killing all seven crew members, ...

Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 200,000 feet over Texas, killing all seven astronauts just minutes before they were to glide to a landing in Florida. NASA, NASA.

On February 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas and Louisiana as it returned from a 16-day mission in space. The cause of the accident was a piece of foam that had fallen ...

Space Shuttle Columbia made its first voyage into space 40 years ago today on April 12, 1981, starting the shuttle program’s 30-year run as NASA’s workhorse of human space flight. At 7 a.m ...

NASA's space shuttle Columbia blasted off 10 years ago today (Jan. 16) on a mission that turned out to be the last for the orbiter and its seven-astronaut crew.

On April 12, 1981, 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin blasted into space, John Young and Robert Crippen lay on their backs inside the flight deck of the space shuttle Columbia, by far the most ...

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.