Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight, killing its crew of seven and exposing the management culture and decision-making process that led NASA to launch on ...

The year 1986 was notable for two big disasters, both of them attributable to human error and bureaucratic negligence at competing super powers: the Chernobyl nuclear ...

On Jan. 28, 1986 — 40 years ago Wednesday — America watched in horror as the nation’s first civilian space traveler and six NASA astronauts died in the explosion of the shuttle Challenger. Challenger ...

This cover image released by Avid Reader shows "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space" by Adam Higginbotham Avid Reader via AP ...

NASA's Artemis II mission, which will test life support systems and other mechanics during a flyby of the moon, has brought the Challenger disaster to the minds of U.S. space fans once again.

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...