While the Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS) would fly again after the Columbia disaster ... a piece of insulating foam came off of the external tank ...

Bill Gerstenmaier, the agency’s associate administrator for space operations ... a 1.67-pound chunk of foam peeled off Columbia’s external tank and punched a hole in that shuttle’s left ...

NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia ... said Konikov. Columbia was destroyed during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003, after a piece of fuel-tank foam came off and punctured ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KETK) – 21 years have passed since the Columbia space shuttle experienced ... it was the return where disaster struck. Due to damage from the foam insulation used at launch ...

Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray ... Never, ever let your guard down. Practice for disaster all the time.