When the space shuttle Columbia began its reentry into the Earth's atmosphere yesterday morning, it was traveling at a speed greater than 16,000 miles per hour and had little in common with an ...

Space shuttle Columbia breaks into pieces over Texas, killing all seven crew members aboard. President Bush tells the nation the work of the space program will go on. NASA engineers begin the grim ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection contains 17 digital images showing the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its reentry on February 1, 2003. These ...

The space shuttle Columbia shatters minutes before a planned landing in Florida Saturday morning. President Bush tells the nation: "Columbia is lost. There are no survivors." Listen to NPR News.

Shuttle Columbia was lost by ground controllers at 9am EST after a successful 16-day scientific research mission. TV stations in Dallas filmed the re-entry and saw what appeared to be the craft ...