Also, the seven-member STS-107 flight crew arrived at KSC Sunday night ... Meanwhile, engineers continue to analyze a crack found in a metal ball associated with the Ball Strut Tie Rod Assembly ...

February 1, 2003 – Columbia breaks up upon re-entry during mission STS-107, killing all seven members of the crew. February 3, 2003 – A large section of the Columbia’s cabin is found in ...

2012 for the opening night of the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival to honor fallen Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon and his fellow crew members of STS-107 space shuttle Columbia. The event marked ...

Over the past month NASA has been working to understand the cause of cracks found in a 2.25-inch diameter metal ball located inside the Ball Strut Tie Rod Assembly (BSTRA) of Space Shuttle ...

Space Shuttle Columbia team members remember the loss of the STS-107 crew during NASA’s Day of Remembrance ceremony, presented by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation at Kennedy Space Center ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the STS-107 crew in the In-Flight Maintenance training, learning more about experiments that were a part of the mission on Dec. 5, 2000.

On February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed during atmospheric re-entry, killing all seven crew members of mission STS-107. Its heat shield was compromised due to damage from the launch, ...