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 ...

The Challenger shuttle disaster that killed 7 crew members was 40 years ago. What happened and how they're being remembered.

A catastrophic failure occurred 73 seconds after liftoff as the shuttle emerged from “Max-Q,” the period of highest ...

Shuttle Challenger remembered at 40th anniversary of NASA disaster

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

The day I watched a rocket explode over the ocean 40 years ago

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

Editorial: Nation marks 40 years since space shuttle Challenger disaster

The loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven brave astronauts 40 years ago inflicted a generational wound on the ...

40 years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster changed young Floridians' lives

It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had ...

NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago ...

A day of tragedy for the space shuttle over Florida. See original live coverage

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Space Accidents Fast Facts

Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...

NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo.