Wednesday, April 3, 2003
• Shuttle engine parts found in craters on Louisiana Army base

Tuesday, April 1, 2003
• Engineer said NASA might have considered options for shuttle if damaged wing had been known

Monday, March 31, 2003
• Data from salvaged recorder shows early temperature spikes in left wing

Wednesday, March 26, 2003
 • Shuttle debris pieces indicate leading edge had most heat
 • Spring vegetation growth will hinder search for more debris

Tuesday, March 25, 2003
 • Safety panel says aging shuttles causing increasing problems

Saturday, March 22, 2003
 • Columbia debris searchers heartened by data recorder find

Wednesday, March 12, 2003
 • Investigators looking at wind shear, age as possible factors

Tuesday, March 11, 2003
 • Shuttle and main body broke up later than thought

Monday, March 10, 2003
 • Astronaut may have tried to override shuttle's autopilot

Friday, March 7, 2003
 • Columbia mission specialist Anderson buried at Arlington

Thursday, March 6, 2003
 • Investigation board holds first public hearing on shuttle accident
 • NASA chief urges changes to attract employees to space agency

Wednesday, March 5, 2003
 • Molten aluminum, burst tires provide clues for shuttle investigators
 • Crews searching forest for shuttle debris sickened by chemical fumes

Friday, February 28, 2003
 • NASA to release video of astronauts' final minutes in cockpit

Thursday, February 27, 2003
 • Flight controller foresaw Columbia's catastrophe in e-mail
 • Russian craft will bring space station crew home

Wednesday, February 26, 2003
 • Engineers raised concerns about Columbia wing burning
 • Shuttle crew seen on videotape salvaged from wreckage

Tuesday, February 25, 2003
 • Thermal tile remains westernmost piece of shuttle debris
 • NASA wants to give astronauts a shuttle repair kit
 • Shuttle inquiry leader described as problem-solver

Friday, February 21, 2003
 • NASA engineer warned of possible shuttle breach
 • New report suggests Columbia struck by 3 chunks of foam, not 1

Tuesday, February 18, 2003
 • Breach in left wing still the main theory about shuttle breakup

Monday, February 17, 2003
 • Sound waves help investigators pin down timeline of shuttle's end
 • Columbia's final overhaul included new wiring, increased thermal protection
 • Shuttle tape shows how far networks will got to get vital pictures

Sunday, February 16, 2003
 • Timeline of Columbia's final 7 minutes

Saturday, February 15, 2003
 • Investigators want to know what caused the breach in the shuttle

Friday, February 14, 2003
 • Shuttle investigative board receives unsolicited tips
 • NASA changes rules for panel investigating shuttle accident

Thursday, February 13, 2003
 • NASA: no problems on Columbia suggested any safety risk
 • Tapes from Mission Control provide glimpse into

Wednesday, February 12, 2003
 • NASA: wing fragment came from shuttle's troubled left side
 • Information policy changes in investigation as a new board takes over

Tuesday, February 11, 2003
 • NASA says it has found part of shuttle's left wing
 • Three more pieces of shuttle debris found
 • Shuttle investigative board stepping up whirlwind fact-gathering mission
 • Shuttle breakup occurred in mysterious part of atmosphere
 • Remains of Israel's first astronaut return home

Monday, February 10, 2003
 • Investigators trying to identify object spotted near Columbia
 • Polls suggest public remains enthusiastic about shuttle program

Sunday, February 9, 2003
 • Mourners drawn to shrine at space center gates
 • NASA still has more questions than answers
 • Amnesty period for returning shuttle debris ends
 • Endless search for clues to disaster takes toll on debris teams

Saturday, February 8, 2003
 • NASA searching for secret communications device from shuttle Columbia
 • Workers who launched Columbia honor crew with service at planned landing strip
 • Earlier shuttle adjusted fiery flight amid fears of tile damage

Friday, February 7, 2003
 • NASA widens search for clues to Columbia's demise after retreating from foam theory
 • Debris found by search crews yields no clues in space shuttle's destruction
 • Search for shuttle debris yields egg yolk, mudflap and more
 • Shuttle disaster makes international space station dependent on Russia

Thursday, February 6, 2003
 • Authorities crack down on shuttle looting, prepare to lift nose cone from forest
 • Astronauts' remains flown to military mortuary in Delaware for identification
 • Two Texans charged in stealing shuttle debris
 • Key developments about the Columbia disaster

Wednesday, February 5, 2003
 • Bush leads solemn tribute to fallen astronauts
 • Memorials held for two astronauts
 • Text of President Bush's remarks at memorial service
 • Hunt for space shuttle debris turns up nose cone
 • Columbia investigative board arrives in Texas
 • Critics question shuttle as sole ride to orbit
 • Russian cargo ship docks with International Space Station
 • Japan to keep astronauts off space shuttles until safety determined
 • Daughter of astronaut who died in Challenger disaster helps console Columbia children

Tuesday, February 4, 2003
 • Thermal-tile damage may be the No. 1 theory
 • Russians and Americans mourn Columbia crew
 • Russian officials say paid visits to space station will be suspended
 • Pre-disaster NASA budget proposes more for shuttle
 • Experts gather Columbia debris, remains
 • NASA says it dealt with safety issues as best it could
 • Columbia's grieving families comfort each other
 • Students find their own way to comprehend, grieve

Monday, February 3, 2003
 • Bush leads nation in mourning
 • NASA says sudden rise in temperature was detected before breakup
 • Columbia crew mourned at churches, synagogues across the country
 • Amid repeated warnings from within and without, NASA says it dealt with safety issues as best it could
 • Recovery teams hunt for shuttle debris
 • Engineering detectives start piecing together evidence from the space shuttle lost
 • Remains of Columbia crew found, NASA says, but forensics experts say some questions may go unanswered
 • Tank made in New Orleans one focus of Columbia disaster
 • Retired Navy admiral who probed Cole bombing will head independent panel on Colombia space accident
 • Could NASA have pulled an 'Armageddon'-style space rescue?
 • Space station crew grieving but still proud of their own mission after being told of Columbia disaster
 • Houston remembers shuttle astronauts who made Texas city their home
 • Sunday services recall sacrifice of astronauts
 • Lake City remembers 1986 Challenger explosion
 • Jewish mourning, burial complicated for family of Israeli astronaut
 • Emory researcher's project destroyed in shuttle disaster

Sunday, February 2, 2003
 • Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates into flames over Texas, killing all seven astronauts aboard
 • Bush says no shuttle survivors: "We can pray they are safely home"
 • President Bush's speech
 • Residents of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas saw trails in sky and heard loud noise
 • Debris from shuttle strewn across east Texas; cleanup teams deployed
 • Columbia's problems began on left wing, the same wing where debris hit it during liftoff
 • World leaders express condolences after space shuttle Columbia tragedy
 • Six Americans, one Israeli aboard space shuttle Columbia
 • Officials say no immediate information that terrorism involved
 • Israeli astronaut brought joy, then familiar sense of dread to a troubled country
 • First Indian-born woman in space was modern heroine in her homeland
 • Former astronaut John Glenn, others react to apparent shuttle accident
 • Final radio transmission between Columbia and Mission Control
 • Timeline of last flight of space shuttle Columbia
 • Last major space disaster; Challenger explosion in 1986
 • Historic shuttle mission off to safe start
 • Security tight for first Israeli astronaut's space flight
 • About the orbiter thermal protection system
 • The in-flight crew escape system
 • Deadly accidents in the history of space exploration
 • Columbia was heaviest, oldest of NASA's four space shuttles
 • Ex-astronaut remembers classmates
 • Schools chief tells parents to soothe pupils
 • Locals express their sympathies
 • Astronaut's father reacts to the crash
 • Texans share memories of crew members

From the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
 • Husband had fond memories of Tech
 • Lubbock reacts to space shuttle Columbia
 • McCool remembered, admired by former educators
 • Residents recall space crew
  Archive Stories
 • Astronaut's has Coronado connection
 • Texas Tech graduate to lead shuttle flight
 • Editorial - Space Shuttle

From the Amarillo Globe-News
 • Husband remembered
 • 'We lost one of the best'
 • Youth follows in Husband's footsteps
 • Friend remembers pilot
 • Editorial: World mourns
  Archive Stories
 • Amarillo astronaut ready to come home