Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

Space Shuttle Challenger was about to lift off on ... On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers ...

Read full article: INTERACTIVE: The NASA astronauts and employees who died in service to U.S. space exploration January 28th is a Day of Remembrance honoring the lives of the crew and teacher ...

The Museum of Flight invites you on to join them on January 11 as NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, space explorer ... Coleman has made two space shuttle missions and a six-month expedition to the ...

President Ronald Reagan immediately appointed a commission to investigate and report on the circumstances that led up to the ...

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East ... "He knows that it's very dangerous, but he's an explorer he's a pioneer," said Jean Halsell. Walsh also brought you the ...

It was the morning of Jan. 28, the day of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Icicles formed on the launch pad and service tower in the evening and early morning hours on January 28 ...

Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986.New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was one of the ...