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NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday to commemorate the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia accidents. The backstory: The annual event is held ...

On February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the space shuttle Columbia, as earlier damage to the craft's left wing caused the shuttle to be destroyed upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts on board. It ...

Col. Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot and command a NASA space shuttle. Collins commanded the first flight after the 2003 Columbia tragedy, which also experienced a foam-shedding issue.

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard by any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were uttered by pilot Michael Smith. The seven members of mission 51-L, the ...