A chunk of foam fired at high speed cracked a space shuttle wing panel Friday, offering what investigators said was the most powerful evidence yet to support the theory that a piece of the stiff, ...

The final foam strike test carried out by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) is allowing investigators to fill in the missing pieces to the puzzle of what happened to Columbia, according ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A chunk of hard insulating foam that was fired at a space shuttle wing panel during a test Friday shattered on impact, leaving dark streaks and what appeared to be foam bits ...

(KTRE) - The theory that the most likely cause of the Columbia disaster was insulation striking the shuttle’s left wing was proven in a test. Scott Hubbard, a member of the Columbia Accident ...

AMES, Iowa — Joe Gray picked up 18-inches of space shuttle foam and turned the inch-thick sample on its side to show the layers within the foam. The spray-on foam that insulates and protects the space ...

Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. President Bush talked about HIV/AIDS policy, including a new HIV prevention initiative and the approval of a faster AIDS… General Kadish ...

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) reported the initial foam impact test on the Enterprise’s fiberglass leading edge panel showed significant effects. The foam struck the lower left wing ...