NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space in 1983. And for a while, it seemed like she was the most famous person on Earth and in space. She dominated headlines. She was all over TV. And ...

Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

A nation watched in horror as the space shutter Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, during a live television broadcast.

For the millions of people across the country and around the world that watched the tragic loss of Challenger live, the ...

Hollywood legend known was perhaps best known for her roles in 'Schitt’s Creek,' 'Home Alone' and being the voice of Sally in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas.' ...

Just one day before the Challenger space shuttle exploded over a minute after lift off on Jan. 28, 1986, Terry Hart received phone calls from NASA astronauts Dick Scobee and Mike Smith, who did not ...

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

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

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The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy ...