The Challenger Learning Center is honoring its namesake in 2026, the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle tragedy ...

CONCORD, NH — For those of us who attended Concord High School during the 1980s and had Christa McAuliffe, one of the members of the Challenger crew that perished 35 years ago today, as a teacher, ...

That kind of strong leadership and great teamwork are the real safety systems of spaceflight.

(CNN) — There has always been something vaguely ghoulish about subsequent coverage of the Challenger disaster, considering that we all know how the story ends. But “Challenger: The Final Flight” ...

On this day 31 years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven-member crew were tragically lost. The crew members – Dick Scobee, Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, ...

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 1985 file photo, Christa McAuliffe, the space teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, helmeted and ready for the oxygen mask as she prepared for an orientation flight aboard one ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger was hurtling through the air at twice the speed of sound when pilot Michael Smith noticed something alarming. Sitting on the right side of the flight deck, Smith looked ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It was an unusually cold day for Florida on that date, Jan. 28, 1986. The temperature was predicted to be a record low for a Space Shuttle launch. 9:38 a.m. was the launch time ...

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28, 1986 ...

On this day in 1986, we lost the Space Shuttle Challenger and its beloved crew. Today, and every day, we remember Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Judith ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – It’s been 34 years ...