The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday. Perhaps more ...

He was on CNN's air for 16 consecutive hours covering the demise of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke up in the sky over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, as it reentered Earth's atmosphere.

(February 5) (CNN) --The space shuttle Atlantis was to roll out ... and the nation whether it should fly at all. Since the shuttle Columbia broke up as it re-entered the atmosphere Saturday ...

(CNN)-- The space shuttle Atlantis crew on ... 2004 because the trip was considered too risky after the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, which killed seven astronauts. That accident was ...

Forty-three years to the day after the space shuttle Columbia landed from its first mission, CNN is set to conclude airing a four-part series on the orbiter's ill-fated last return to Earth.

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN ... of the Columbia investigation have revealed that lower-level engineers in the agency were expressing serious concerns about what might happen to the space shuttle ...

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 ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...