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 ...

Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which took the lives of 7 astronauts, changed NASA’s culture and risk-appetite ...

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 ...