who died aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, is projected as Thad Altman, president and CEO of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, ...

Space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in flames over Texas ... Six Americans and Israel's first astronaut were on board. In north Texas, people reported hearing "a big bang" at about 2pm UK time ...

His latest is Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle ... head of the astronaut office with a long record of space firsts to his name, including ...