Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Coverage: Resources, Story Ideas and More
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The site is designed for news reporters and editors, and contains up-to-the-minute coverage of the space shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. Includes links to various news agencies' coverage, local authorities, information on the crew members, graphics, radar images, historical information, and a list of science experiments conducted during the flight, as well as the Rogers Commission report on the Challenger explosion in 1986.
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=19160

A cartoon (at the end of the page, see all the electronic devices!)
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/ShuttleColumbia/22.asp

Time For Kids
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http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/columbia/0,8805,418836,00.html
As usual, simple and short articles for the beginners.

Time magazine : Farewell Columbia
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http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030210/story.html
with articles, audio files, and links to a very comprehensive guide to "space exploration" the new frontier:
http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/spaceexploration/

Pictures, Israel, Events: Space Flight (from LIIWEEK February 6)
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A directory of links related to Colonel Ilan Ramon, an Israeli astronaut, who died when the Columbia Space Shuttle crashed on February 1, 2003. Includes links to official biographies, news articles, speculation about when Sabbath starts in space, and an essay about Col. Ramon's mother, a Holocaust survivor.
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/history/space.htm

Shuttles Are the Work Horses from Outer Space (from LIIWEEK February 6)
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This collection of information and links captures the essence of a space shuttle's work responsibilities, stories and histories, and past, current, and future ventures, plus the background and components of the U.S. shuttles Atlantis, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour, and Challenger. Additionally, it includes a video of the space shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986 and more. From Space Today Online.
http://www.spacetoday.org/SpaceShuttles.html

NASA
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a very comprehensive site, with informations on the shuttles, the ISS, and the disaster.
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/

Space.com
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Shuttle Missions
http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/
The Columbia disaster investigation continues with updates, shuttle archives, and FAQs.

NASA Space Shuttle Launches
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http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/missions.html
This site has organized information for each shuttle mission, including Shuttle Manifests and links to astronaut biographies.

Selection and Training of Astronauts
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http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/training.html
Find out how astronauts are chosen for the space program and the rigorous training requirements.

CBS News
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with videos, an interactive guide to the disaster, and the bios of the astronauts
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/04/eveningnews/main539281.shtml

BBC
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Shuttle disaster full coverage, with sounds, videos, and a clickable guide 'steps to the disaster'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2003/shuttle_disaster/

Washington Post
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Special report on Columbia disaster, with photos, graphics, the crew and so on....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle/

** New York Times
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SHUTTLE BREAKS UPColumbia, With Six Americans and Israeli, Disintegrates as It Descends over Texas, By DAVID E. SANGER,February 3, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20030203monday.html
A long article (3 pages) but easy to go through, especially because the students already know what it is about.