Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Challenger shuttle crew: (back, L-R) Ellison S Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis and Judy Resnick. (Front, L-R) Mike ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center ...

Smoke billows in the sky above the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986. Just one day before the Challenger space shuttle exploded over ...

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, ...

Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members aboard. The disaster occurred at what was then the pinnacle of the U.S.

From its inception, the Space Race held the attention of people of all nations as the world's superpowers flexed their post-war technological muscle in pursuit of science and brinkmanship. As ...

Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight, killing its crew of seven and exposing the management culture and decision-making process that led NASA to launch on ...

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

Sunday marks the 38th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion, a disaster that killed seven people 73 seconds after launch.An O-ring failure blamed on cold weather doomed the shuttle ...