Forty years ago, a space shuttle exploded. A teacher and her crewmates lost their lives. A generation of schoolchildren watched it happen live. I was one of them. I was 10 when the Challenger ascended ...

The catastrophic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, stands as a haunting reminder of the immense risks and complexities involved in humanity's exploration of space. This event, ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into... Lessons and failures from the Challenger space shuttle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing all seven crew members, including Houston ...

When astronaut Judith Resnik returned to visit friends and family in Akron, she would often stop at her alma mater, Firestone High School, to speak with students and visit her favorite teachers. One ...

88 Americans evacuated from the Middle East arrive at Dulles airport Sunday 88 Americans evacuated from the Middle East arrive at Dulles airport Sunday. 1 hospitalized following crash in Bedford, ...

The space shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff on January 28, 1986. Forty years ago this week, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Then, 73 ...

I wasn’t even two years old when the worst tragedy in the U.S. Space Program took place. In January of 1986, the Space ...

David Klaus, a retired University of Colorado Boulder professor, was a 23-year-old launch control engineer at NASA when the Challenger spacecraft exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986. When his ...

The Challenger Learning Center is honoring the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle tragedy with several events. The center is launching a legacy campaign to upgrade facilities and create new ...