American astronaut Robert Crippen spooning a mouthful of food into his open mouth in the middeck area during Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-61,...
The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia's mission STS-107 pose for the traditional crew portrait. Seated in front are astronauts Rick D. Husband , mission...
The seven crew members for STS-40 pose for an in-space portrait ( American NASA astronaut F Drew Gaffney, American NASA astronaut Sidney M Gutierrez,...
American NASA astronaut Eileen M Collins looks over a procedures checklist from the commander's station on the forward flight deck of the Space...
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, STS-107 mission specialist, looks over a procedures checklist in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space...
American NASA astronaut Robert F Overmyer , American NASA astronaut Vance D Brand, and American NASA astronaut William B Lenoir conduct microgravity...
American astronaut Michael P. Anderson , circa 1995. Anderson was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, who served as a payload commander and...
--- From mid-air, astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, grabs a bite of cereal which he had just spooned from a plastic food container on the Space...
Woman walks away from a makeshift memorial outside NASA's Johnson Space Center for the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Columbia...
Crew portrait with a model of the Space Shuttle Columbia, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, 25th October 1985. The primary objective of...
Astronaut commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen go over a check list during a power up mission simulation at the Orbiter Processing Facility.
President George W. Bush speaks during a memorial service for the astronauts who died in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster at the Johnson Space...
The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia's mission STS-107 take a break from their training regime to pose for the traditional crew portrait. Seated in...
Poster paying tribute to women involved in the exploration and study of space, featuring eight portraits inset of America female NASA astronauts ,...
Four astronauts from the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107; Mission Specialist David M. Brown, Payload Commander Michael P....
American astronaut Robert Crippen spooning a mouthful of food into his open mouth in the middeck area of the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission...
Thermostabilized meal on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit, on the 4th day of NASA's STS-9 mission, 1st December 1983....
Johnson Space Center, Houston - Earth Orbit: The evening meal for STS-9 Day Four is partially visible in the 35mm frame, photographed on the flight...
In this handout photo from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the STS-107 crewmembers strike a flying pose for their traditional...
This image from NASA video shot by Shuttle Mission Specialist Laurel Clark shows Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and Commander Rick Husband on the...
Astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Columbia speak during an interview from space, during mission STS-107, between 16th January and 1st February...
Astronauts Laurel B. Clark, Rick D. Husband and Kalpana Chawla, Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission specialist, mission commander and mission...
American astronaut and payload specialist Bill Nelson peels a grapefruit on NASA's Columbia space shuttle during an Earth orbit as part of the STS...
American NASA astronaut Robert F Overmyer , stabilised by intravehicular activity foot restraints, eating canned food in the port side of the middeck...
This image, released with graphic overlays by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board on February 27 shows the left wing of the Space Shuttle...
Dr. Sally Ride, the first U.S. Woman to travel into space, speaks to the media at the San Diego Aerospace Museum February 7, 2003 in San Diego,...
--- The seven crew members for STS-40 pose for an in-space portrait on the Space Shuttle Columbia's mid-deck. Left to right, in front are F. Andrew...
American NASA astronaut Vance D Brand disposes of empty food containers and dry trash in jettison bag and stows bag in middeck volume under MA73C...
American NASA astronaut William B Lenoir , with electrodes attached to his face, is secured to the middeck floor with gaffer tape by American NASA...
Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts Charles Camarda, Andrew Thomas, commander Eileen Collins, Soichi Noguchi, of the Japanese space agency JAXA, and...
Project Manager Fred Ahmay holds a biological container in which C. Elegans nemotodes, or round worms, were found among wreckeage from the Space...
In this NASA handout image, debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia is placed on a grid March 31, 2003 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. NASA is...
In this NASA handout photo, debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia is placed on a grid on the floor of a hangar on March 13, 2003 at Kennedy Space...
In this NASA handout photo, a NASA crash investigator examines debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia inside a hangar March 11, 2003 at the Kennedy...
Reverend Robert L. Bush, Pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, delivers an invocation during a memorial service for the crew of the Space...
Crowd of people gathers at a makeshift memorial for the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia February 2, 2003 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in...
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, a 41-year-old flight engineer and mission specialist for Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, works in the SPACEHAB...
Italian ESA astronaut Maurizio Cheli preparing an experiment in the glovebox of the mid-deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-75,...
Inflight crew portrait on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-75, 22nd February to 9th March 1996. The primary objective...
<b> Feb. 5, 2003 </b> | Family members of the STS-107 crew pass a portrait of the crew at the Johnson Space Center as they depart a memorial service...
The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39B at 2:19 p.m. EDT Apr. 17, 1998 beginning the nearly 17-day STS-90 Neurolab mission. The launch...
Visitors to the Air and Space Museum the day after the explosion of the Columbia Space Shuttle visit the shuttle model, where an impromptu memorial...
Visitors to the Air and Space Museum the day after the explosion of the Columbia Space Shuttle watch NASA Adminstrator Sean O'Keefe give news...
Cape Canaveral, Fla.: Space shuttle astronaut John Young, L, is pensive as Columbia pilot Robert Crippen tells members of the news media that "it...
In this NASA handout image, an Air Force honor guard carries a casket containing the remains of an astronaut from the Space Shuttle Columbia on...
In this NASA photo, Space Shuttle Test Director Steve Altemus talks to U.S. Senator Bill Nelson about a chart outlining the Space Shuttle Columbia on...
In this NASA photo, crash investigators place debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia onto a grid on the floor of a hangar on March 14, 2003 at...
In this NASA photo, NASA crash investigators place debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia on a grid on the floor of a hangar on March 4, 2003 at the...
In this image from NASA video the crew of the International Space Station Cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, Commander Ken Bowersox and Flight Engineer Don...
In this NASA handout image an Air Force honor guard carries a casket containing the remains of an astronaut from the Space Shuttle Columbia on...
Message reading "I'll Never Forget. You Are Heroes." is written next to a photograph of the astronauts who were killed aboard the Space Shuttle...
Daniel Ayalon , the Israeli ambassador to the United States, talks on a cell phone February 2, 2003 outside the media center at NASA's Johnson Space...
An official from NASA looks at a piece of Space Shuttle Columbia debris that landed in a front yard of a home February 2, 2003 in Nacogdoches, Texas....
Headquarters personnel watch NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe's statement on NASA Television following the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia at NASA...
Astronaut David M. Brown, a 46-year-old captain in the U.S. Navy, who served as a mission specialist for Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, is...
Astronaut Laurel B. Clark, a 41-year-old commander and naval flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, who served as a mission specialist for Space Shuttle...
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, a 41-year-old flight engineer and mission specialist for Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, poses for a formal...
American astronaut John Young sitting at the commander's station on the port side of the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during...
--- Astronaut Robert F. Overmyer, STS-5 pilot, enjoys a meal from a jury-rigged set-up in the middeck area of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle...
