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 ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the 25th space shuttle mission Challenger left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as millions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke billows in the sky above the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, ...

Seven funerals were held for NASA's Challenger astronauts who died in the 1986 disaster, but an eighth ceremony was held at ...

This browser does not support the Video element. Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event ...

What began as a fire call at the PEPCON chemical plant outside Las Vegas quickly turned into one of the largest non-nuclear, ...

Forty years ago, a space shuttle exploded. A teacher and her crewmates lost their lives. A generation of schoolchildren watched it happen live. I was one of them. I was 10 when the Challenger ascended ...

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 ...

The Artemis II launch on April 1, was a success. But not all launches have bee. In 1986, 7 members of the Challenger crew ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into... Lessons and failures from the Challenger space shuttle ...

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.