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NASA was America’s crown jewel. Nothing was the same after the Columbia disaster

Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University. He is the author of the book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” CNN’s Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The… Read More »

NASA was America’s crown jewel. Nothing was the same after the Columbia disaster

Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley Katherine Tsanoff Brown is Chair of the Humanities Department and Professor of History at Rice University. She is the author of the book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” CNN’s Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The… Read More »