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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(NASA) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – On a cold Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a Kennedy Space Center launch pad. Seventy-three seconds into the launch, the shuttle ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

You can now own a $1 gold coin celebrating one of America’s most revolutionary achievements: the NASA Space Shuttle program.

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 ...