Investigators still have no direct link between flying foam and a hole in the leading edge of the shuttle Columbia's left wing, but initial testing ruled out extensive tile damage from foam hitting ...

Columbia accident investigators said Tuesday that a chunk of flying foam insulation hit the orbiter's left wing farther out than previously believed. If the assessment is correct, the blow may have ...

In NASA-speak it was Mission STS-107. Originally set to launch in January of 2001, problem after problem delayed the launch for two years. The vehicle for the flight was the Space Shuttle Columbia, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's redesigned space shuttle fuel tanks should no longer shed dangerous pieces of foam when launches resume next spring, officials said Thursday. But if a shuttle wing ...