The Columbia disaster: How a 'suitcase-sized' piece of foam doomed a NASA mission

On the 1st of February, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated while returning to the Earth’s surface, resulting in ...
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WATCH: NASA shares update on Artemis II mission around the moon, 2 days after launch

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that ...
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Columbia's doomed crew and the rescue mission that existed only on paper

When the Columbia disaster unfolded, NASA's own investigation board forced engineers to confront a haunting question: could ...

How NASA’s ‘cowboys in airplanes’ could help save astronauts

NASA’s powerful Launch Abort System — literally designed to outrun the debris from an exploding rocket and save the lives of ...