When a piece of foam struck Columbia’s wing in 2003, the damage went unnoticed until reentry tore the shuttle apart over Texas. In the months that followed, investigators examined a chilling ...

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HEMPHILL, Texas (KTRE) - It has been over two decades since the historic Columbia Space Shuttle broke apart over East Texas, leaving a mark on history forever. Keeping the Columbia STS-107 mission’s ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air over Florida, killing all seven ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kandice Seiberling and future NASA astronaut Judy Resnik were great childhood friends during the 1950s at Fairlawn Elementary ...

The Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, says NASA and this community are forever bonded together.“The community came out to help with the search and recovery, and helped not only ...

The Ramon Foundation, established in honor of first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, aims to advance space education and industry throughout Israel. The Ramon Foundation, in cooperation with Beersheba ...

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