The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...

A catastrophic failure occurred 73 seconds after liftoff as the shuttle emerged from “Max-Q,” the period of highest mechanical stress in the lower atmosphere. The vehicle broke apart in flight and ...

It’s been 40 years since the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger launch.

Forty years ago, Americans were shocked when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after it launched on a chilly ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

The morning of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 40 years ago still remains the coldest Jan. 28 ever on the Treasure ...

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the ...

Forty years after the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff, the disaster remains one of the most ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, killing all seven crew members ...

Former astronaut and professor Terry Hart is opening up 40 years later about the friends and colleagues he lost on board the ...

The tragic explosion of the Challenger space shuttle killed all 7 spacefarers on board. A pilot for the mission was from ...