Folks around NASA don’t much care for this time of year. It was 56 years ago last week—January 27, 1967—that astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a launch pad fire ...

America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Its space program suffered a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. seven astronauts in flight suits posing for a portrait It was 20 years ago today (Feb. 1) that seven astronauts lost their lives ...

HOUSTON — Six-year-old Laurel Clark has the spunk and swimming chops of her grandmother and namesake, NASA astronaut Laurel Blair Salton Clark. Laura Husband, 32, inherited the singing voice of her ...

Today marks the 37th anniversary of a launch that forever changed space travel. On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and became the ...

Editor’s note: Reporter Kevin Spear was part of the Orlando Sentinel’s coverage team for the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, which occurred 20 years ago this week on Feb. 1, 2003. He offers this ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fifteen years ago today, NASA's Columbia space shuttle fell apart on ...

Over the next 24 hours, you're bound to see an outpouring of tributes online or on the news eulogizing those lost aboard Space Shuttle Columbia 20 years ago. The purpose of these eulogies is and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A revolution in space travel came to NASA on April 12, 1981—the space ...

On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed upon reentry into the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. Shortly after the incident, the Columbia Accident Investigation ...

On February 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas and Louisiana as it returned from a 16-day mission in space. The cause of the accident was a piece of foam that had fallen off ...

High over Texas and just short of home, space shuttle Columbia disintegrated yesterday, raining debris over hundreds of miles of countryside. Seven astronauts perished — a gut-wrenching loss for a ...