Space Shuttle Columbia's Disaster Changed Spaceflight Forever 20 Years Ago

Over the next 24 hours, you're bound to see an outpouring of tributes online or on the news eulogizing those lost aboard Space Shuttle Columbia 20 years ago. The purpose of these eulogies is and should always be to celebrate the lives and the unique stories of each of the seven astronauts lost that day. But even beyond the unimaginable human loss on February 1st, 2003, which should never for a solitary second be understated, the eff... (continue reading...)