The Challenger disaster, a tragic day in space exploration history, took place on January 28, 1986. Just 73 seconds after launch, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, leading to the loss of ...

Those of us old enough to remember know exactly where we were when the Space Shuttle ... bomb -- a disaster waiting to happen. Shuttle astronaut, Norman Thagard flew on the Challenger twice.

Andrew 'Andy' Freed is most well-known for being a Purdue professor, teaching notable classes taken by a large majority of ...

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over ... fire that killed three astronauts and the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster that killed seven — Higginbotham's book traces the history ...

In 1986 he somewhat reluctantly agreed to join the Rogers Commission, whose task was to investigate the Challenger disaster. The space shuttle Challenger had exploded a little more than a minute ...

Divers looking for World War Two aircraft wreckage off Florida have found debris from the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Newly-released footage filmed in May 2022 shows the moment it was ...

Set to become the first teacher in space, McAuliffe had ... videos several years after the shuttle disaster. Her lost lessons are now available on the Challenger Center website.

On 28 January 1986, Space Shuttle Discovery was in storage in ... As the investigation into and recovery from the Challenger disaster proceeded in the summer of 1986, NASA decided to use the ...

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems ... the journey begun by the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia, we help to give meaning ...

In space, however ... a pair of errant communications satellites. But after the Challenger disaster in 1986, NASA re-evaluated shuttle missions, including spacewalks, and the MMU was deemed ...