SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it returned to earth on Feb. 1, 2003.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't ...

Tal Ramon, son of Ilan Ramon who died on board Space Shuttle Columbia, speaks during a ceremony ... and how these moments have defined eras to human spaceflight and have also permanently altered ...