On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was reentering Earth's atmosphere after a two-week routine mission when it exploded, killing all seven astronauts aboard and scattering debris across ...

I got a quick lesson in confidence a few weeks ago, while covering an event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Thanks to ...

"As the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, I worked very hard at that because I didn't want people to say, 'Oh look, the ...

WASHINGTON -- NASA shook up its space shuttle management team Wednesday, putting an engineer who worked on the doomed Columbia flight in charge of a new safety program and creating new positions at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts just 16 minutes before they were to glide to their landing strip in ...

Once a trailblazing astronaut, NASA’s spacecraft commander Eileen Collins is now making headlines as her new documentary on ...

A group of gold commemorative coins that traveled into orbit aboard an infamous NASA space shuttle recently fetched a series of historically high bids at auction. Ever since a collection of Sacagawea ...

Texas legislators accused the Smithsonian of potentially violating anti-lobbying laws. The Smithsonian told Congress moving ...