Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a project ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space agency’s approach to ...

Scott Hubbard remembers exactly where he was on the day of one of the deadliest tragedies in the history of space travel. Before he stepped out of bed on the morning of 1 February 2003, a radio ...

In February 2003, Space Shuttle Colombia was supposed to land following a 16-day mission. But tragically the spacecraft broke apart as it re-entered the atmosphere over Louisiana and Texas, killing ...

NASA has taken home a lot of wins over the decades, but its losses are a stark reminder of the risks astronauts shoulder in the name of science. Exactly 20 people have died during space missions since ...

It was 73 seconds that shocked the world. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. After multiple delays, the Challenger space shuttle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new CNN documentary series that examines the 2003 Space Shuttle disaster is the latest effort by the Warner Bros.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little ...

BBC World Service and BBC Sounds have announced their multi-award winning podcast 13 Minutes To The Moon is to return with a new series I’m delighted to be joining the team of 13 Minutes and telling ...

Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space agency’s approach to innovation, forever altering how it balanced risk with the call to ...

The Columbia space shuttle disaster resulted in the deaths of seven astronauts and changed the way NASA prepared and carried out such missions. Twenty years on, the agency's administrator at the time ...