Today is the tenth anniversary of the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia, which blew apart as it was gliding across Texas to a Florida landing. All seven crew members died, and Texans were poking ...

Columbia fire officials blame an explosion and house fire on a lithium-ion battery. On Friday, September 19, at 10:31 p.m., Columbia firefighters were called out for a report of an explosion and fire ...

CHICAGO - The space shuttle Columbia explosion could not have come at a worse time for Boeing Co. Already suffering from massive declines in its commercial airplane business, the Chicago-based ...

Introduction : organizational aspects of the Columbia disaster ; Synopsis : NASA, the CAIB report, and the Columbia disaster / Moshe Farjoun and William H. Starbuck -- History and policy at the space ...