NASA technical teams are expected to tell the Columbia investigation board this week that the shuttle's breakup was triggered by damage to the left wing caused by a foam strike soon after liftoff ...

From 2003: FOX 13 space reporter Warren Elly on space shuttle Columbia disaster Warren Elly's report from February 1, 2003 -- the day of the space shuttle Columbia disaster. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

NASA's Mission Control struggled with the question of whether to alert Columbia astronauts that the space shuttle was crippled on orbit as it began its doomed reentry. Wayne Hale, who later became ...

The Space Shuttle Columbia accident remains one of the most tragic and significant events in the history of space exploration. On February 1, 2003, during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere ...

Pieces of the foam fell from the shuttle Columbia during its January 2003 launch, damaging the spacecraft’s left wing and causing the shuttle to break apart when it re-entered the earth’s ...

July 7 -- — As NASA engineers scrambled to assess the damage to the space shuttle Columbia after its launch this January, Rodney Rocha knew what should be done: get better pictures. The Jan. 16 ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank would fall off ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank fell off, crashing ...

Flanked by three of his colleagues, chairman Harold Gehman said it ultimately may be impossible to declare with certainty that the foam strike during Columbia's Jan. 16 liftoff and the shuttle's ...

After the Columbia disaster, shuttle flights were again grounded. On Jan. 14, 2004, President George W. Bush announced a “new vision” for the nation’s space exploration program.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In an emotional ceremony just a few miles from where Columbia should have landed five years ago Friday, NASA officials, astronauts, schoolchildren and family members of the ...