Image The crew of the space shuttle Challenger in 1982 ... flight ended when the program was shut down after the last moon landing, by Apollo 17, in 1972. During his long wait to go into space ...

The ceremony paid homage to Columbia’s seven along with the seven who died on Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan ... crewed ...

On this day in history, Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger — scheduled for ... It ended with a successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to NASA.

On Jan. 27, 1967, three Apollo 1 astronauts were killed on the pad when a fire broke out in their capsule; seven space shuttle Challenger ... and 15 seconds prior to landing.

The space shuttle Columbia has been seen apparently ... the Titanic, it can't sink. Challenger - routine launch and landing, no problems there. And that hubris always seems to catch up with ...

Chief astronaut John Young raised an alarm well before Challenger when he wrote a memo to Johnson Space Center management. He pointed out how the shuttle ... After landing, the crew saw ...

Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a ...

The tragedy of the Space Shuttle Challenger would change NASA forever ... on schedule prevailed over absolute safety. With the moon landing well in the past, NASA's popularity waned and ...

Edited by Tom Jones In his new book Space Shuttle Stories ... 1983 Mission: Challenger’s crew made the first shuttle night launch and landing, deployed the INSAT-1B communications satellite ...

After landing, the orbiter was removed from ... Credit: NASA “I have a dear friend, a good friend, who was on the Space Shuttle Challenger when we lost it in 1986… So, it kind of makes me ...

Challenger exploded Jan. 28 ... and cargo circled over Santa Maria and Lompoc before landing on time at the base. The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on ...