NASA’s Shuttle orbiter Columbia is poised for its return to flight on the STS-109 mission after undergoing 2 1/2 years of comprehensive maintenance, modification and processing operations that have ...

A decade has passed since the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle orbiter and its seven-person crew ended their journey in catastrophe. During its Feb. 1, 2003 plunge back to Earth, the vehicle broke ...

When NASA’s Columbia orbiter lifted off 25 years ago on the first-ever space shuttle mission, it was carrying not only two astronauts but also the hopes of the thousands of engineers, designers, ...

Click to open image viewer. This model depicts the reusable Space Shuttle orbiters developed by Rockwell International in the 1970s and 1980s. In the final design, the orbiter was attached to an ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Miles O’Brien is the science correspondent for PBS NewsHour and an aviation analyst for CNN. He was previously a staff correspondent and anchor with CNN, based in Atlanta and New York.

To require the construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial to the crew of the Columbia Orbiter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ...

WASHINGTON (nasa) – The Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act, born in the legislation introduced in March in the Senate by Ted Stevens (R- Alaska), and in the House of Representatives by C.W. Bill Young ...

10 years ago today, NASA lost its first spaceworthy shuttle -- and the world lost one of the most diverse crews of astronauts ever to explore space. Columbia launching during STS-1. Its distinctive ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model depicts the reusable Space ...