Columbia's complexity, fragility complicate probe
Cameras tracked it from liftoff until it disappeared into space. For 16 days, delicate sensors sent back streams of details about its mechanical systems and human crew. Teams of the...
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Possible shuttle bits found in Calif., Ariz.
In what could be the biggest break so far in NASA's probe into the fatal disintegration of the shuttle Columbia, NASA dispatched recovery teams yesterday to California and Arizona to...
NASA again looks at foam that hit wing
NASA investigators seeking the cause of Saturday's shuttle disaster are taking another hard look at a sheet of insulating foam that broke away from Columbia's external fuel tank and struck...
On good day, 'exhilarating' glide on brick
A space shuttle gliding into the Kennedy Space Center may look like a beefed-up airliner ending its milk run from Cleveland. But astronauts say the ride home from space is...
Shuttle tiles under scrutiny
Crossing over California minutes before it broke apart, the space shuttle Columbia heated abnormally on its left side at about the time that an astronomer observed a large, bright object...
‘Columbia is lost’
In a tragic echo of the Challenger disaster, the seven astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia died yesterday when the spacecraft broke apart over Texas just moments before its scheduled...
State eases water restrictions in response to rainy autumn
A soggy autumn that brought nearly 5 inches of surplus rain and snow has prompted Gov. Parris N. Glendening to cancel drought emergency restrictions imposed in August on the Eastern...
A wet month falls short of drought cure
The wettest October in seven years dropped 6 inches of much-needed rain on parts of Central Maryland, filling streams and boosting the drinking water stored in Baltimore's reservoirs by 10...
'Eyewitnesses' often embellish, experts say
Experts in human deception say it's not unusual for people caught up in dramatic events to embellish the details of where they were and what they saw. They often just...
Sniper victim was courageous, helped others
The latest victim of the Washington area's elusive gunman was awaiting the birth of her first grandchild and preparing to move into a new home when she was fatally shot...