On this day, 20 years ago, KSC landing was planned for Feb. 1 after a 16-day mission, but Columbia and crew were lost during reentry over East Texas at about 9 a.m. EST, 16 minutes prior to the scheduled touchdown at KSC. […]
On March 22, 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on her third mission – STS-3 – at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A. […]
Today in 1995 (October 20), after a series of delays, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on mission STS-73 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. […]
The tugboat and barge transporting the last space shuttle external tank to its display venue in California have reached the inlet to the Panama Canal, now just days away from sailing into the Pacific. […]
Watch he hours prior to launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, the world’s first reusable spaceship, through lift-off, the successful maiden voyage, and landing. […]
On April 12, 1981, a bright white Columbia roared into a deep blue sky as the nation’s first reusable Space Shuttle. Named after the first American ocean vessel to circle the globe and the command module for the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Columbia continued this heritage of intrepid exploration. […]
The space shuttle Columbia (STS-3) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on its third flight, and only the third mission of the space shuttle program, on March 22, 1982. […]
So an in-orbit rescue was at least feasible—but making a shuttle ready to fly is an incredibly complicated procedure involving millions of discrete steps. […]
Astronaut Memorial event remembers contributions made by fallen astronauts to America’s space program. […]
