NASA calls off space shuttle launch
The launch will be NASA's first in darkness since before the 2003 Columbia disaster. Managers recently lifted the ban on night launches, imposed to ensure cameras had good lighting to spot any debris falling off the shuttle's fuel tank.
Space shuttle set for take-off with fourth British astronaut
Space shuttle set for take-off with fourth British astronautGuardian Unlimited - 1 hour agoBritain's newest astronaut was set for take-off aboard Nasa's space shuttle last night in the agency's first evening flight since the Columbia
NASA seeks Saturday launch for Discovery, Houston Chronicle
The Thursday night scrub was a temporary setback for NASA's plans to launch a shuttle in darkness for the first time in four years. After the disintegration of the shuttle Columbia in 2003 was traced to launch debris damage, the space
Second Indian origin girl in space
She is the second astronaut of Indian origin after Kalpana Chawla, whose space odyssey had a tragic end on February 1, 2003, when space shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas during re-entry. The US-born Sunita Williams will serve as a
NASA Prepares for the Shuttle Launch Part-II
and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration is in a race to complete when the Columbia shuttle disintegrated while returning to Earth due to Russian flight controllers boosted the space station’s orbit by firing
Blacks In Space: Joan Higginbotham
Over the summer, we had Stephanie Wilson go up into space. Joan Higginbotham - my fellow Chicagoan - will be aboard Space Shuttle Discovery nest week. but the loss of the Columbia shuttle that February put it on hold
NASA Prepares for the Shuttle Launch Part-I
The shuttle will drop off astronaut Sunita Williams for a six-month stay at the NASA’s fourth space flight since the Columbia disaster killed Indian born At Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Discovery is safely enveloped by the
International Space Updates, December 2006
The space shuttle Discovery crew has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, construction on the partially built International Space Station (ISS). wing on the shuttle Columbia, which caused it to disintegrate during re-entry.
Space shuttle crew arrives for countdown - Human Spaceflight, MSNBC
"NASAs next space shuttle crew, including three men and two women who have to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where their spaceship is being prepared for launch. After the Columbia disaster in February 2003, space agency managers
First night shuttle launch since 2003
After the two-day flight readiness review meeting at the Kennedy Space Center there were no dissenting votes on the topic of the first night time launch since the Columbia accident in 2003. The review meeting is conducted by the Shuttle

Space Shuttle Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space Shuttle Columbia flew 28 flights, spent 300.74-days in space, Main articles: Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
SPACE.com -- Space Shuttle Columbia Special Report
Download the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report · Columbia is Lost: SPACE.com's Complete STS-107 Shuttle Columbia's Long Road to Space
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One year after the space shuttle Columbia broke up over Texas, NASA remembered TIME: The shuttle's last moments external link. Space Shuttle Columbia
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NASA - Space Shuttle Columbia
Columbia (OV-102), the first of NASA's orbiter fleet, was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in March 1979. Columbia initiated the Space Shuttle flight
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster was the second Space Shuttle Disaster and the first shuttle lost on landing.
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