The loss of the space shuttle Columbia in February of two thousand three led to an investigation by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

It was put in place to help protect the space shuttle from bird strike damage.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The shuttle program has played an important part in expanding space science.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

It has been a busy time in outer space for the astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis and on the International Space Station.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

FBI agents arrested a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan and airport shuttle driver, and his father, a naturalized U.S.citizen, in suburban Denver,Colorado.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

NASA officials cleared the flight after technicians fixed a hydrogen leak in the shuttle's fueling system, which delayed the launch from last week.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Some of these NASA workers claim efforts to redeploy their skills in other areas come too late with just four shuttle missions remaining.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Astronauts began their first full day in space by inspecting the heat shield to ensure the shuttle is safe to return to Earth in two weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

The survey has become routine for shuttle flights, since the Columbia disaster in 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

U.S.officials plan for the shuttle to fly its last mission in September 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

But NASA's Space Shuttle program is scheduled to end in September, a move Lovell opposes because he says the United States will not be able to support the International Space Station.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

In the proximity talks, U.S.envoy Mitchell - a former Senate Majority leader - is expected to shuttle between Israeli officials in Jerusalem and Palestinian officials in the nearby West Bank town of Ramallah.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30