Shuttle Columbia was lost by ground controllers at 9am EST after a successful 16-day scientific research mission. TV stations in Dallas filmed the re-entry and saw what appeared to be the craft ...

The research mission of the space shuttle Columbia continues today, despite the tragedy that befell the astronaut crew and their spaceship in February 2003. At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ...

Columbia had been scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center at 9:16 a.m. Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said "there was no indication of any impending threats to the vehicle." Then there was a ...