A rare 9-foot oarfish dubbed the "doomsday fish," washed up in Encinitas, California, marking the third sighting of the ...

The new podcast 16 Sunsets opens with archive audio from Nasa’s mission control in 1981, in the build-up to the first flight ...

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 ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla.? Just before it disintegrated, space shuttle Columbia experienced an abnormal rise in temperature and wind resistance that forced the craft’s automatic pilot to make rapid ...

NASA engineers spot a piece of debris striking the shuttle during launch. In space, the crew continue their mission unaware ...

Space Shuttle Columbia School is a public school located in Staten Island, NY, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Space Shuttle Columbia School is 696 and the school ...

After the end of the shuttle program ... plans for a roughly 20,000-square-foot facility expanding the Columbia Memorial ...

Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, ...

In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America. Astronauts' families and NASA staff share personal stories of the launch, unfolding disaster and fallout. Mondays 8.30pm on ABC ...

In 2003, 7 US astronauts lost their lives when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up upon re-entry 16 minutes from home.

When ready for display, 'Inspiration' will go to the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California. The parts for a full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being ...

NASA engineers analyse film footage of a piece of debris striking the shuttle Columbia 81 seconds after launch.