Note: In the US, the series comprises four-parts and is known as "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight". Utterly mesmerizing from the start, this documentary combines first-hand testimony with ...

The Space Shuttle Columbia accident remains one of the most tragic and significant events in the history of space exploration ...

February 1, 2023: One of the most tragic events in the history of space exploration is the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and all seven of her crew on February 1, 2003—a tragedy made worse ...

The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ Museum in Hemphill works to preserve the legacy of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its STS-107 crew. As part of the 20th annual ...

It's been exactly 20 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board: commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, mission ...

From the archives: Watch CBS News coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003, in the video above. Twenty years ago this Wednesday — on Feb. 1, 2003, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST ...

Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space agency’s approach to innovation, forever altering how it balanced risk with the call ...

Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off at 10:39 a.m. Jan. 16, 2003 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A with a crew of seven. “The Lord has blessed us with a beautiful day here,” mission ...

On the morning of Feb. 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia was set to return to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center following a 16-day orbital mission packed with scientific experiments. But just 15 ...

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. It was Saturday, February 1, 2003 ...

Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't ...

Each tree in the Memorial Grove represents someone. But the ones that stand for the crew of space shuttle Columbia, lost during atmospheric re-entry 20 years ago, are starting to take on the look ...