Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster comes as NASA prepares for its next major step in human spaceflight.

The Challenger disaster still hits harder than almost any other spaceflight tragedy because it did not feel random. This video shows how political pressure, public relations, ignored warnings, and ...

Editor: On a beautiful January morning in 1986, seven crew members, five men and two women, proudly boarded The Space Shuttle Challenger. We saw the crew for the last time as they walked out to the ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- The worlds of science and education come together at the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana, which honors the legacy of the "Challenger seven," while inspiring ...

HOUSTON (CNN) — NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the ...

Like many of my generation, I watched the space shuttle Challenger explode on live television, while I was at school. I remember it very well, because I was a colossal space geek as a kid, and still ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A La Jolla High School teacher who was a finalist for the Teacher in Space program reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster and how the tragedy shaped her mission ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

Prime Video orders ’The Challenger’ starring Kristen Stewart as astronaut Sally Ride. The limited series explores the first ...

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 ...