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NPR's David Molpus reports on reaction to the crash in the communities around Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

The investigation into the space shuttle Columbia disaster starts with a focus on a piece of foam insulation that fell off the shuttle's fuel tank and hit its left wing during launch. Columbia broke apart upon re-entry Saturday, killing all seven astronauts aboard. NPR's Joe Palca reports on the first stages of the probe.

Liane Hansen reads from listener comments.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the reaction in India to the death of Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla.

Liane Hansen talks with Glynn Lunney, flight director for NASA's Gemini and Apollo missions, and program manager for the space shuttle from 1981 to 1985.

NPR's Brenda Wilson has a profile of the astronauts who died in this weekend's shuttle crash.

Liane Hansen talks with NPR's John Burnett about reaction to yesterday's crash in the communities around Houston's Johnson Space Center.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports from Palestine, Texas, on the cleanup of debris from Saturday's crash of the space shuttle Columbia.

Long before a spirit of cooperation fueled mutual ambitions in space exploration, competition and fear spurred man's desire to rocket into space. NPR's Liane Hansen offers a timeline of manned space travel.

Host Liane Hansen talks with former shuttle astronauts Thomas Jones and Pinky Nelson about the thrills and perils of space travel.