For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Here’s a look at what you need to know about the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space shuttle program's greatest tragedy. Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost ...

A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide ...

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.

Time-lapse of Space Shuttle Endeavour stacked with an external tank and pair of solid rocket boosters for a exhibit at the California Science Center. Credit: California Science Center | time-lapse by ...

Students gathered around model space shuttles. Teachers switched on TVs ... “If the decision makers had known all of the facts, it is highly unlikely that they would have decided to launch." ...

The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program. NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies during ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

The moon landing in 1969 was an impressively monumental achievement in human history, showing technology could allow us to explore, study, and maybe even colonize space and other planets.