The Challenger tragedy was an unforgettable setback amid the hope that surrounded space travel The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion is a tragedy that defined a generation. Across the United ...

Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch. One of those seven astronauts was Christa McAuliffe.

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 ...

who was chosen to go into space in 1986 and teach a class on board the Challenger space shuttle. She and her fellow crew ...

The 122-foot-long-by-35-foot-tall space shuttle mockup, named the “Inspiration,” was transported via big rig in multiple ...

Four space shuttle systems were built: the Columbia, the Discovery, the Atlantis, and the Challenger. The orbiter is as large as a midsize ...

The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of Galileo—Earth's atmosphere. Shifting air pockets in the atmosphere block and distort ...

The center is part of the global network of learning centers under the Challenger Center nonprofit organization. The ...

In 1984, Kathryn Sullivan, flying into orbit aboard the space shuttle Challenger, became the first American woman to walk in space. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail ...

The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion is a tragedy that defined a generation. Across the United States, both students and adults took time out of their days on the morning of Jan. 28 ...