What happened to Challenger? Remembering deadly disaster 40 years later

Seven American spacefarers were killed in a tragic event 40 years ago today that has become widely known as the Challenger ...
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth

Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia

On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were ...
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40 Years Later: How The Tragedy of Challenger/STS-51-L Changed NASA Forever

For the millions of people across the country and around the world that watched the tragic loss of Challenger live, the ...

Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...
Concord Monitor

‘Part of our human destiny’: The evolution of space exploration from shuttle to SpaceX

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...
The Atlantic

Watch Live: the Atlantis Space Shuttle Blasts Off

Weather across Kennedy Space Center is observed 'go,' and hopefully conditions will remain that way for the next 40 minutes or so -- long enough for space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of four ...
The Atlantic

Atlantis Restocks Station, Avoids Space Debris

Good News: NASA's final space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday and restocked it with vital supplies (enough provisions for astronauts to be good ...