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  1. Space Shuttle Story in a Card Box: Enterprise, Challenger, Columbia

    Published: 2 Nov 2026

    A souvenir box of thirteen NASA photograph cards, labelled "Columbia Space Shuttle", is used to tell the story of the shuttle era.

  2. Columbia STS-107: How a Foam Strike and Missed Imagery Led to Loss

    Mission: 2003Published: 31 Jul 2026

    An animated documentary on the STS-107 mission of Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on January 16, 2003 for a planned 16-day science flight.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    Failure
  3. Columbia’s Last Mission: Foam Strike to Breakup Over Texas

    Mission: 2003Published: 14 May 2026

    Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center on January 16, 2003.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Launch site
    Launch Complex 39-A, Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    Failure
  4. Columbia STS-107: Recovering and Identifying the Crew’s Remains

    Mission: 2003Published: 13 Apr 2026

    Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on February 1, 2003, about 16 minutes before its scheduled landing, killing all seven crew members of STS-107.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Outcome
    Failure
  5. Columbia STS-107: How a Foam Strike Led to Breakup on Re-entry

    Mission: 2003Published: 28 Mar 2026

    Space Shuttle Columbia launched on January 16, 2003 from Kennedy Space Center on the 17-day STS-107 science mission.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center
    Outcome
    Failure
  6. Columbia STS-107: How Foam Damage Led to Seven Deaths on Reentry

    Mission: 2003Published: 22 Oct 2021

    A retrospective on the loss of space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, during reentry after a roughly two-week science mission, which killed all seven crew members.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Outcome
    Failure
  7. Columbia STS-107: How a Foam Strike Led to the Breakup

    Mission: 2003Published: 31 Oct 2020

    A NOVA documentary on the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke apart over Texas on re-entry in 2003 and killed all seven crew.

    View mission: Columbia STS-107 (2003)
    Launch site
    Cape Canaveral
    Outcome
    Failure