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Thursday, February 02, 2012  Nine years ago on February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the nation when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entering our atmosphere, killing all seven crew members aboard. One was Shuttle Commander and Amarillo native, Rick Husband.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  A piece of NASA, Rick Husband and his story made it's way to Amarillo Wednesday for it's final flight.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Endeavour blasted off on NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, thundering through clouds into orbit Monday morning as the mission commander's wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, watched.

Friday, January 28, 2011  On January 28, 1986, just 73 seconds into the flight, the Challenger crew was killed, share your stories about where you were on that day.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  Space shuttle Atlantis returned from orbit for the last time Wednesday, closing out a 25-year flying career and safely bringing back six astronauts who boosted the International Space Station's power and size.

Friday, May 14, 2010  Atlantis and an experienced crew of six blasted off Friday afternoon. More than 40,000 guests gathered at the Florida launch site, all of them eager to catch one of the few remaining shuttle flights.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010  Bad weather delayed Discovery's homecoming Tuesday for the second day in a row, and Mission Control made one last attempt to end the 15-day space station delivery mission in Florida before ordering a detour to California.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009  NASA has filled space shuttle Endeavour's fuel tank in a test, and is finding everything to be leak-free.

Thursday, March 12, 2009  NASA: Good shot at launching space shuttle Discovery on Sunday after repair work.

Thursday, January 08, 2009  The cost of continuing the life of the space shuttle past next year's planned retirement is $3 billion a year plus extending the risk of a deadly accident, NASA's chief said Thursday.