Orbital debris has become acknowledged as a major threat to present and future NASA missions, but little data has been publicly released about the history of space junk's impact on previous missions.

An experimental data recorder aboard the space shuttle Columbia continued to record potentially vital information until moments before the shuttle disintegrated during re-entry, investigators say.

The magnetic tape used in an experimental data recorder recovered from the debris of the space shuttle Columbia is in good condition, according to NASA. Investigators are hopeful that the 2850 metres ...

The shuttle Columbia disaster raised questions about how data was transmitted and retrieved from the shuttle to the Johnson Space Center. In an e-mail interview, Computerworld asked Steve Schwartz, ...

The White House is looking to data from NASA's space shuttle program to help in the fight against climate change. At the United Nations Climate Summit in New York this week, U.S. President Barack ...

(AP) - In what could be one of the most significant debris discoveries yet from the shattered Columbia, searchers found a data recorder that may hold valuable clues as to what destroyed the space ...