Most people will never forget where they were when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986. Today marks the 39th anniversary of that tragic event, which took ...

That kind of strong leadership and great teamwork are the real safety systems of spaceflight.

​William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the centre responsible for the defective rocket that caused the ...

— -- By age 33, Barbara Morgan had taught school on an Indian reservation in the Rockies and in Ecuador's capital in the Andes. That did not quiet her longing for a classroom higher in the sky.

Christa McAuliffe was to be the first civilian in space, but on January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing everyone aboard. In memory of the first Teacher-In Space, here are some ...

From the world watching in horror as the Challenger space shuttle exploded to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that upended millions of lives, 1986 was a year for the history books. But it wasn’t all ...

John Denver was a decorated country musician, philanthropist, environmentalist, and, generally, an icon. The man wore a few different hats. And one more to include on that list is that of a pilot’s ...

Christa McAuliffe was to be the first civilian in space, but on January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing everyone aboard. In memory of the first Teacher-In Space, here are some ...

The song, "XO," uses six seconds of sample audio from the Challenger disaster. Dec. 30, 2013— -- Beyoncé has been labeled "insensitive" by some current and former NASA astronauts and their ...

Divers searching for World War II wreckage off Florida instead found a part of the Challenger shuttle that exploded on live TV in 1986, according to NASA. The discovery was announced Nov. 10 after ...