Amarillo-native Rick Husband and six other astronauts were killed 22-years-ago when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas during re-entry. Born in 1957, Husband graduated from Amarillo ...

Associated Press Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 2:21 p.m. | Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 2:21 p.m. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle ...

As NASA prepares Space Shuttle Columbia for its 28th mission, excitement and trepidation build amongst the astronauts and ...

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew's helmets, spacesuits and restraints, which resulted in "lethal trauma" to the ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during atmospheric entry over Texas. Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3 ...

(U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In the wake of the Columbia space-shuttle accident, students and professors at universities around the country grieved for the astronauts involved while expressing hope for ...