The Columbia disaster: How a 'suitcase-sized' piece of foam doomed a NASA mission

On the 1st of February, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated while returning to the Earth’s surface, resulting in ...
KTVU

Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry. Columbia was just 16 minutes from landing at the Kennedy Space Center, when Mission ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Lifts Off From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center 44 Years Ago

STS-3 was launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 22nd 1982. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off for the third shuttle test flight on March 22 in 1982 for ...

Eileen Collins talks about being the first women to pilot and command a space shuttle

Eileen Collins recounts the Challenger and Columbia accidents, emphasizing the community's desire to continue the shuttle ...
Longmont Times-Call

CU Boulder remembers alumni who died in Challenger, Columbia space missions

David Klaus, a retired University of Colorado Boulder professor, was a 23-year-old launch control engineer at NASA when the Challenger spacecraft exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986. When his ...