Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. Seven astronauts were killed, including ...

It's been 40 years since the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff Jan. 28, 1986, in Florida, killing all ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

"I lost my father," Alison Balch said, "but to everyone else, they felt like they lost somebody also." ...

Ohio native Judith Resnik was a mission specialist on the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded shortly after ...

We're asking readers to share their memories on one of those "Where were you when ... " type of moments in American history.

It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had ...

It's been 40 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

A flag that survived the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986 will be permanently displayed at the Challenger Learning Center in Colorado Springs, offering visitors a tangible connection to one ...

ARUNDEL, Maine — Best-selling author and journalist Adam Higginbotham will discuss his latest book, "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space," at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, ...

These photos highlight major events, cultural moments, and everyday life from 1986. The images cover landmark news such as the Challenger explosion and the Chernobyl disaster, as well as widely shared ...