Exploration has never been a safe occupation. For every significant discovery, there has been sacrifice by those seeking out ...

David Plotz talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space ... people on board the shuttle, and more.

Set to open on January 28, 2026 — the 40th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster — the center will offer middle schoolers an immersive, hands-on learning experience designed to ...

David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, has been named a second spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished ...

William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle ... the Challenger's launch and witnessed the televised disaster in ...

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Even the Space Shuttle programme ... The program completed 135 missions but faced major tragedies - the Challenger disaster in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 - leading to critical safety improvements.

“Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” by Adam Higginbotham, is a propulsive and devastating account of the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle ...

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PHOENIX--When the shuttle Challenger blew up, the explosion lit a fuse in Roger Boisjoly's conscience. A structural engineer for Morton Thiokol Inc., the firm that later bore blame for the disaster ..