The Challenger shuttle crew: (back, L-R) Ellison S Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis and Judy Resnick. (Front, L-R) Mike Smith, Dick Scobee and Ron McNair - NASA/Getty Images In the dying days ...

The purpose of the January 28, 1986 Challenger flight, STS-51-L, was to launch the first Teacher in Space Project while also observing Halley's Comet for six days. Unfortunately, a structural failure ...

The 1986 Challenger disaster was one of the worst space-related catastrophes in history – and a salvaged recorder from on board the doomed vessel appears to have captured the exact moment the crew ...

Challenger: The Final Flight is a 4-part docuseries that premieres on Netflix on Sept. 16. The docuseries examines the 1986 Challenger space shuttle tragedy and gives an in-depth look at the ...

The space shuttle Challenger explodes moments after launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from the Kennedy Space Center, killing its seven crewmembers. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge ...

He was 8, a self-proclaimed "science nerd," inspired by "Star Wars," who was home from elementary school in New Hyde Park that day because he'd just been diagnosed with chickenpox. Still, Michael ...

Former NASA astronauts and their family members are calling Beyonce “insensitive” for using audio from the space shuttle Challenger explosion in her new song, “XO,” off her surprise, self-titled album ...

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, just seconds after liftoff. School children across ...