A special panel exerted its control over the investigation into the shuttle Columbia on Thursday, and NASA officials pledged a painstaking, more independent inquiry. Shuttle program manager Ron ...
Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry. Columbia was just 16 minutes from landing at the Kennedy Space Center, when Mission ...
SAN ANTONIO, TX – An initial foam impact test on a section of an orbiter reinforced carbon-carbon left-wing leading edge showed visible and significant damage on RCC panel 6 and the T-seal between RCC ...