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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The launchof the space shuttle Discovery, NASA's first orbiter to fly since the Columbiaaccident, ...

A piece of debris from NASA's space shuttle Columbia has been discovered in Texas, eight years after the 2003 disaster that destroyed the spacecraft and killed its seven-astronaut crew during re-entry ...

After the loss of the Columbia orbiter, NASA has become a little nervous about any potential problem on the Shuttle. The astronauts now have the ability to do a visual inspection of the Orbiter via ...

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 ...