Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The space shuttle Challenger lifted off on January 28, 1986. An explosion 73 seconds after liftoff claimed the lives of the crew. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 28th January 1986: An abstract smoke pattern after the space shuttle Challenger explosion, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Dave ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Wednesday marked 40 years since the space shuttle Challenger disaster that killed seven crew members— a tragedy that changed many people’s lives forever. The mission was not ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members aboard. The disaster occurred at what was then the pinnacle of the U.S.

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center ...

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which shook NASA and the country as a whole as the first civilian tried to go to space. Check out the entire WeCreateEdu Space ...

The Challenger disaster's enduring legacy is the educational mission that arose from the tragedy. Challenger Learning Centers were created to honor the crew by inspiring young people in science and ...

January 28, 2010 – Alexandria, VA – Twenty-four years ago today the space shuttle Challenger and its crew of seven men and women launched into a clear blue sky at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

On the morning of January 28, 1986, seven crew members were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart a little over a minute after it launched. Those killed included five NASA astronauts, ...