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 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 ...

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster didn’t begin during re-entry. It began 16 days earlier, with something NASA believed was harmless. In 2003, Columbia launched on what appeared to be a routine mission.

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

March 30, 1982 will always remain an important day in New Mexico history; the day where STS-3 (aka the Space Shuttle Columbia ...

Few who witnessed NASA's Challenger Space Shuttle launch will ever forget the moment it broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff, claiming the lives of all seven crew members. A minor design flaw in ...

At a time when the entire American space industry is preparing for the launch of the first crewed mission to the Moon under the Artemis program, NASA found it fit to release the report of findings of ...