The Columbia disaster occurred on Feb. 1, 2003 when the space shuttle broke apart, killing its entire crew. An investigation led to changes in NASA procedures.

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

The 2003 Columbia disaster forever changed NASA’s approach to risk. Here are some key ways that the tragedy shaped modern rocketry.

The disintegration of the Columbia space shuttle on February 1, 2003, was a turning point for the American space program, writes Douglas Brinkley. Seventeen years after the Challenger burned just ...

The Columbia disaster was the direct result of a foam strike, but institutional failures beneath the surface were just as deadly. Here's what went wrong.

Twenty years ago today, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The seven astronauts on board would never make it back … ...

20 years after space shuttle Columbia disaster, lessons learned still in sharp focus at NASA By William Harwood February 1, 2023 / 12:01 AM EST / CBS News ...

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

(CNN) — Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space agency’s approach to innovation, forever altering how it balanced risk with ...