Columbia space shuttle disaster 2003

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Columbia anniversary: Nasa managers struggled with telling crew of danger

A decade after the space shuttle broke apart on re-entry over Texas, project manager reveals agency's agonising discussions

Richard Luscombe in Miami

01, Feb, 2013 @7:30 PM

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Columbia shuttle disaster: Nasa report details astronauts' final moments
Crew of seven had no chance of surviving craft's breakup due to cockpit depressurisation, report into 2003 disaster concludes

James Randerson, science correspondent

31, Dec, 2008 @12:10 PM

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Nasa 'fails' shuttle safety recommendations
Nasa has failed to meet the stringent safety recommendations made after the Columbia space shuttle disaster, according to a new report.

Associated Press

28, Jun, 2005 @3:32 PM

Venezuela cuts ties over kidnap
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela said yesterday that diplomatic and commercial relations with Colombia would be suspended until it apologised for paying bounty hunters to snatch a senior rebel from Venezuela.

AP, Caracas

15, Jan, 2005 @1:50 AM

William Langewiesche on the Columbia shuttle disaster (part two)
What is known is that four seconds after 8 o'clock on the morning of 1 February 2003, the Columbia shuttle started to break up. Flying at 200,000ft and at 12,738mph, none of its crew would survive... What wasn't known, until now, is why. William Langewiesche reports

Read part one of this article here

William Langewiesche

11, Jan, 2004 @12:23 AM

William Langewiesche on the Columbia shuttle disaster

What is known is that four seconds after 8 o'clock on the morning of 1 February 2003, the Columbia shuttle started to break up. Flying at 200,000ft and at 12,738mph, none of its crew would survive... What wasn't known, until now, is why. William Langewiesche reports.

William Langewiesche

11, Jan, 2004 @12:23 AM

News roundup

Another space shuttle disaster could occur if Nasa does not address its self-protective culture, which is schedule-driven, hampered by lack of funds and burdened by an insufficient safety programme, investigators of the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia said yesterday.

Gary Younge, New York

27, Aug, 2003 @11:31 AM

Shuttle disaster report criticises Nasa

A future space shuttle mission could suffer the same fate as the Columbia and Challenger crafts if Nasa does not deal with "persistant, systematic flaws" in its organisation, investigators said today.

Agencies

26, Aug, 2003 @5:34 PM

Report into shuttle loss attacks 'lax' Nasa safety

Inquiry expected to criticise response to early setbacks on fatal Columbia flight.

Tim Radford, science editor

26, Aug, 2003 @1:23 PM

Email told fatal shuttle it was safe
The seven Columbia astronauts killed when the shuttle tumbled out of control on its return to earth on February 1 had been assured that there was no cause to fear that the foam that had struck the spacecraft on takeoff might endanger its safe return.

Associated Press

01, Jul, 2003 @8:17 AM

How warning signs were ignored before disaster shuttle's launch

As Nasa braces itself for the official report into the Columbia tragedy, The Observer reveals how budget cuts hit vital safety measures.

David Rose in Chattanooga

22, Jun, 2003 @12:56 AM

Tape reveals shuttle crew's last minutes
A wrenching 13-minute video tape of the last moments of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia shows them joking, waving at the camera, and talking excitedly of experiencing re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.

David Teather in New York

01, Mar, 2003 @12:50 AM

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