A quote attributed to Christa McAuliffe is part of a wall tribute honoring her service as a teacher and astronaut on display ...

29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia ...

A new book details the errors that went into the disaster that doomed the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. AP At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe ...

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.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavor touched down safely for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after spending ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all aboard. Among the seven crew members was Christa ...

The catastrophic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, stands as a haunting reminder of the immense risks and complexities involved in humanity's exploration of space. This event ...

To hear her experience of applying for the teacher in space program, how she barely made the deadline ran out of her house in her pajamas to get to the post office so that it was postmarked in time.

At 11:38 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, the Challenger space shuttle lifted off with seven people on board. Less than two minutes later, the shuttle exploded, killing the entire crew. Some conspiracy ...

9:38 a.m. was the launch time and the temperature then was 26 degrees. Space Shuttle Challenger was about to lift off on its tenth flight. That level of cold affected the rubber O-rings that ...

Underwater explorers were looking for shipwrecks when they found something very unexpected: a 20-foot segment of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger, the History Channel revealed on Thursday.

USA TODAY's page one with the Challenger space shuttle explosion on Jan. 29, 1986. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America ...