Tag: Space Shuttle

NASA photo of X-15 test pilot Joe Engle (Image credit: NASA – the image was digitally altered to fit the 16:9 form factor) Joe Engle’s Remarkable Career Bridged Gap Between Air and Space, Broke Records. Astronaut, X-15 test pilot and space...

The lift off of Space Shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39A at the beginning of mission STS-107. (Photo: NASA) The orbiter broke apart while reentering the atmosphere at the end of the STS-107 mission. February 1, 2003 will live up as...