June 2002: Ask John Charles, STS-107 mission scientist in NASA’s Office of Biological and Physical Research (OBPR), for an early memory of space exploration, and he recalls his disappointment when he ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, taking part in the In-Flight Maintenance training, the STS-107 crew poses in front of the SPACEHAB Double Module. In back are Mission Specialist ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the STS-107 crew in the In-Flight Maintenance training, learning more about experiments that were a part of the mission on Dec. 5, 2000. Seated in ...

Space Shuttle Columbia team members remember the loss of the STS-107 crew during NASA’s Day of Remembrance ceremony, presented by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation at Kennedy Space Center Visitor ...

News conferences and other events have been scheduled for launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107, the 113th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-107 is now set to launch between ...

Twenty years ago, on Feb. 1, 2003, seven astronauts were just minutes away from returning to Florida's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) when they were lost with the space shuttle Columbia. Like 19 other ...

A wrecker driver hit a disabled car on the Southwest Freeway, killing the driver, according to police. FILE - This undated photo released in June 2003 provided by NASA shows STS-107 crew members ...

On February 1, 2003, NASA suffered a blow which is still felt today, both from a workforce and directional standpoint. The disaster – which not only claimed the lives of seven astronauts but also that ...

Over the past month NASA has been working to understand the cause of cracks found in a 2.25-inch diameter metal ball located inside the Ball Strut Tie Rod Assembly (BSTRA) of Space Shuttle Discovery’s ...

News conferences and other events have been scheduled for launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107, the 113th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-107 is now set to launch between ...