The Frontiers of Flight Museum is proud to celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of Bessie Coleman, the first Black person to earn a pilot’s license and the first American woman to earn an international pilot’s license. This interactive exhibit provides the perfect way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Black History Month as well as the 100th anniversary of Coleman’s tragic death.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials have announced upcoming nightly full closures of the following roadways beginning at 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. on the following dates: Feb. 2 to Feb. 3, Feb. 3 to Feb. 4, Feb. 4 to Feb. 5, and Feb. 5 to Feb. 6.

Tickets and tables are on sale now for the second annual Taste of Chocolate Gala. This event will be Saturday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the Complex. Guests can enjoy listening to live jazz music, featuring Brad Silwood on the saxophone, watch local artists paint and then bid on those creations in the live auction. Belle Rae’s will be serving up a buffet dinner. Guests will get two drink tickets and can choose from Neighbors Place Wines, beers, soft drinks or water. There will also, of course, be a chocolate candy and dessert bar, including chocolate fountains.

Broadway Dallas has named Michelle Mazzini as Chair of the Board of Directors, effective January 2026. Mazzini has served on the Broadway Dallas Board since 2017 and has held chair positions on Governance and Development Committees. Ms. Mazzini is Vice President and General Counsel of Spindletop.

Mardi Gras! Galveston is back with a bigger beat, bolder sound, and double the star power for 2026. The 115th Mardi Gras celebration returns February 6-17, 2026, with headliners Logan Ryan, Wade Bowen, GymClassHeroes, and Lil’ Keke to rock out the island!

2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. Columbia was the second of two Space Shuttle missions to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986. The mission, designated STS-107, was the twenty-eighth flight for the orbiter, the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle fleet and the 88th after the Challenger disaster. It was dedicated to research in various fields, mainly on board the SpaceHab module inside the shuttle's payload bay. During launch, a piece of the insulating foam broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the thermal protection system tiles on the orbiter's left wing. Similar foam shedding had occurred during previous Space Shuttle launches, causing damage that ranged from minor to near-catastrophic, but some engineers suspected that the damage to Columbia was more serious. Before reentry, NASA managers limited the investigation, reasoning that the crew could not have fixed the problem if it had been confirmed. When Columbia reentered the atmosphere of Earth, the damage allowed hot atmospheric gases to penetrate the heat shield and destroy the internal wing structure, which caused the orbiter to become unstable and break apart. After the disaster, Space Shuttle flight operations were suspended for more than two years, as they had been after the Challenger disaster. Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) was paused until flights resumed in July 2005 with STS-114. NASA made several technical and organizational changes to subsequent missions, including adding an on-orbit inspection to determine how well the orbiter's thermal protection system (TPS) had endured the ascent, and keeping designated rescue missions ready in case irreparable damage was found. Except for one mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, subsequent Space Shuttle missions were flown only to the ISS to allow the crew to use it as a haven if damage to the orbiter prevented safe reentry. The remaining three orbiters were retired after the building of the ISS was completed.