Columbia mission commander Rick Husband is most often spoken of in the context of his death alongside his fellow astronauts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On a sleepy winter Saturday morning in 2003, most Americans had no idea that seven astronauts were gliding back to Earth after more than two weeks in space. But the whole nation ...

The 28th and final flight of Columbia (STS-107) was a 16-day mission dedicated to research in physical, life, and space sciences. The seven astronauts aboard Columbia worked 24 hours a day, in two ...

HEMPHILL, Texas (News release) – The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum will honor the legacy of the Space Shuttle Columbia with two days of special events planned to commemorate the 22nd anniversary ...

From the first hints that things were going wrong aboard the space shuttle Columbia until it disintegrated over Texas, killing its seven astronauts, the timeline was brief but full. Seven minutes of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NASA paid $26.6 million to family members of the astronauts who died on the space shuttle Columbia in 2003, a newspaper reported Sunday, citing recently released documents. Documents ...

June 30, 2006 — -- It's been more than three years since the space shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas, killing its crew of seven. In the time since, several commissions have recommended ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In 50 years, Hōkūleʻa has sailed 275,000 miles around the world. The crew also made connections in space. It was Oct. 28, 1992, as part of No Na Mamo, For the Children: 1992 ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. A piece of debris from NASA's space shuttle Columbia has ...

The state's worst drought since the 1950s has led to the recovery in East Texas of a large piece of debris from space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated over the region nearly a decade ago.

A group of gold commemorative Sacagawea coins, seven of which traveled into orbit aboard a NASA space shuttle, recently sold for more than $3 million.