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

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, ...

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

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

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...

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

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

Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...

The blast happened last February at The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach, and injured more than a dozen people.

NASA took a moment on Thursday to remember the astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration for the Annual ...