A catastrophic failure occurred 73 seconds after liftoff as the shuttle emerged from “Max-Q,” the period of highest ...

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

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

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the ...

Challenger Learning Centers throughout the country were created to honor the Challenger crew's legacy and inspire students through interactive space missions and science education.

The loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven brave astronauts 40 years ago inflicted a generational wound on the ...

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...

The event will honor astronaut Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher selected to fly to space ...

This coming Wednesday, Jan. 28, will mark the 40 year anniversary of the Challenger explosion, one of the biggest tragedies ...

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion stirs the memories of Long Island educators who watched the disaster on ...

The seven crew members of the Challenger mission were explorers united in their pursuit of dreams and education, and are remembered for their legacy of pushing science forward.

As we enter a new age of space travel, a former NASA astronaut says that rather than accepting risk, we should try to control ...