Lubbock area veterans advocates gathered Friday afternoon at Lubbock s Willie McCool statue to honor Commander McCool and the six other astronauts who perished 20 years ago in the Columbia Space Shut…
From his glory days as a star runner at the U.S. Naval Academy to his ultimate fate in the space shuttle Columbia, a tribute to Willie McCool. Host Eric Mills talks with author William J. Prom about his article in the latest issue of Naval History.
Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.