The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...
NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...
On a cold, sunny morning in Florida, after several scrubs due to weather, the launch was a highly-anticipated event.
The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy ...
Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff while carrying seven people, including "Teacher in Space" participant Christa McAuliffe. Nobody survived the launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from NASA's Kennedy ...
Dream Chaser is finally ready for launch after more than a decade of development. Sierra Space has moved the Tenacity cargo space plane and its Shooting Star module into final testing at NASA’s Neil ...
The rehearsal, scheduled to run through early February 3, is meant to stress-test both machines and humans behind NASA’s ambitious return to deep space exploration.
Forty years on, the Challenger disaster remains a case study in what happens when organizations fail to allow for dissent and ...
Forty years after the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff, the disaster remains one of the most consequential tragedies in U.S. spaceflight history.