A person on X posted a picture last Tuesday. The picture was one of the pieces of the Space Shuttle Challenger recovered after its explosion on Jan. 28, 1986. The picture, posted by someone with the ...

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space. The accident instantly killed all seven astronauts on board. This was ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

We lost seven astronauts that day — the first time we had ever lost any in-flight, and the first in my lifetime. I have never forgotten the moment, even though I was only five years old; it was the ...

Veteran NASA astronauts Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, at Kennedy Space Center.

Nearly 40 years after Ronald McNair and six other crew members lost their lives aboard the space shuttle Challenger, Lake ...

At 5 p.m., President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion was one of those moments in history that you will always remember where you were. One ...

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.

On this day 39 years ago, all eyes were on the sky when the Challenger spacecraft exploded shortly after it launched.

As we reflect on the Challenger mission, 39 years later we want to know, what memories do you have of the shuttle, its crew, ...

The anniversary of the Challenger disaster marks a cold reminder of risk and management failure along with the role weather ...