Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human ...

“It was inherently risky, and space exploration continues to be so,” FSU history professor Ronald Doel said, referring to the Challenger mission.

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago ...

Today, we're taking a close look at 10 of the worst space exploration accidents. Instead of focusing solely on the loss of life to determine what is worst, we'd like to take a two-pronged approach ...

Executives in the fledgling commercial U.S. space industry are bracing for increased scrutiny and oversight after two accidents last week, including one that killed a pilot, but say they view the ...