It's been 10 years since the Columbia space shuttle accident, and spaceflight safety has come a long way — but has it come far enough? Experts say traveling to space is still a risky business, and ...
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The Columbia Accident Investigation Board is drawing together some of the nation’s most experienced investigators and safety experts from the aviation, naval nuclear propulsion, medical, scientific ...
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A lax safety culture at NASA, in addition to organizational and funding problems, led to the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and the death of seven astronauts in February, investigators ...
WASHINGTON -- In their strongest statement yet on the Columbia disaster, investigators said Tuesday that flyaway foam from the fuel tank was "the most probable cause" of the wing damage that brought ...
The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which took the lives of 7 astronauts, changed NASA’s culture and risk-appetite ...
A wreath is presented by, from left, Bob Cabana, Associate Administrator of NASA; Janet Petro, NASA KSC director, and Sheryl Chaffee, daughter of Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee, during NASA's Day of ...
NASA put shuttle launches on hold following the Columbia disaster, clouding the future of missions including assembly of the international space station, which has three astronauts aboard. Even with ...
The board investigating the space shuttle Columbia disaster will conduct some key tests independent of NASA, the board's head said Friday. Retired Navy Adm. Harold Gehman Jr. also said one or two ...
The state's worst drought since the 1950s has led to the recovery in East Texas of a large piece of debris from space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated over the region nearly a decade ago.
Speaking to BBC Radio Jersey, Victoria described how wreckage from the space shuttle landed right next to where she lives. "Something had woken me up in the morning but I had no idea what it was," she ...