The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after its launch in 1986, it pierced the dreams of millions about who watched the tragedy unfold live on television. It also ...

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which shook NASA and the country as a whole as the first ...

Challenger: The Final Flight is a 4-part docuseries that premieres on Netflix on Sept. 16. The docuseries examines the 1986 Challenger space shuttle tragedy and gives an in-depth look at the ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space ...

Editor’s note: Reporter Kevin Spear was part of the Orlando Sentinel’s coverage team for the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, which occurred 20 years ago this week on Feb. 1, 2003. He offers this ...

America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Its space program suffered a ...

War Thunder devs had to apologize over the weekend after players quickly noticed that a newly added loading screen featured imagery from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Released in 2013, War ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – NASA says all seven crew members aboard the U.S. space shuttle Columbia are dead after the spacecraft disintegrated over Texas, minutes before it was scheduled to land in Florida, ...

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after its launch in 1986, it pierced the dreams of millions about who watched the tragedy unfold live on television. It also ...