On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in ...

The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.

Carter is hardly remembered as a champion of NASA. But he saved the space shuttle program, and his words that have been ...

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 ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla.? Just before it disintegrated, space shuttle Columbia experienced an abnormal rise in temperature and wind resistance that forced the craft’s automatic pilot to make rapid ...

On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle ...

Nick Charles: On April 14th, the Space Shuttle Columbia touched down on a desert strip in California, beginning a new age in space. Bob Foss relives that magic moment … Bob Foss: "The nose wheel ...

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 ...

Nick Charles: On April 14th, the Space Shuttle Columbia touched down on a desert strip in California, beginning a new age in space. Bob Foss relives that magic moment … Bob Foss: "The nose wheel ...

2003 - millions watch live as Columbia breaks up in the sky over Texas, killing all on board. NASA, loved ones and investigators share how an incredible journey ended in tragedy.

In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America. Astronauts' families and NASA staff share personal stories of the launch, unfolding disaster and fallout. Mondays 8.30pm on ABC ...