The 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster comes as NASA prepares for its next major step in human spaceflight. The Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts around the ...
Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...
NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the seven astronauts on board.
Following the tragedy, Cheryl McNair channeled her grief into positive action, becoming a founding family director of the Challenger Center.
NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.
ROY, Utah — Dave Reynolds was in second grade at Lakeview Elementary in Roy, Utah, on January 28, 1986, when his teacher wheeled in a TV to watch what was supposed to be a historic moment in space ...
Five astronauts and two payload specialists make up the STS 51-L crew, scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in January of 1986. Crewmembers are (left to right, front row) astronauts ...
Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...