Twenty-five names are carved into the black mirror-finished granite: the Challenger seven, the seven who perished in the ...

NASA held its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday to honor those who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration.

It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard by any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were uttered by pilot Michael Smith. The seven members of mission 51-L, the 25th space shuttle ...

Families and friends gathered at the Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the Challenger disaster's 40th anniversary, which ...

The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State plans several events to mark the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster ...

Events include a symposium and graduate fair for students taking place through the weekend, as well as a luncheon and panel discussion open to the public next Wednesday.

Read full article: INTERACTIVE: The NASA astronauts and employees who died in service to U.S. space exploration January 28th is a Day of Remembrance honoring the lives of the crew and teacher aboard ...

The mid-1980s may feel distant to today’s Northwestern students. But to me, a 22-year-old senior at the Medill School of Journalism — nearly 40 years ago, today — that time is forever etched in memory ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...