Forty years ago today, Jan, 28, 1986, classrooms and households alike watched a live broadcast of what they thought was going to be a happy historic day. However, 73 seconds after launch, a rocket on ...

NASA is preparing to launch four astronauts on a lunar fly-around on Wednesday in humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972. As anticipation mounts, some Americans are feeling anxious due to the ...

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 ...

On Jan. 28, 1986 - 40 years ago today - seven spacefarers including a North Carolina Navy commander were killed in a tragic event that has become widely known as the Challenger disaster. NASA's space ...

Liftoff was delayed, in fact, due to all the ice on the launch pad. Around 17 percent of all Americans were watching live on television, mostly due to the presence of McAuliffe, who had trained for ...

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, 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 ...

Prime Video is expanding the cast of The Challenger, its upcoming limited series starring Kristen Stewart and Will Arnett ...