CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) –The 28th of January marks 40 years since the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster that claimed the lives of seven astronaut crew members. It was supposed to be a routine ...

Even after the tragedy, family members of the Challenger astronauts wanted to carry on with a piece of their loved ones’ mission. Scobee’s widow, Dr. June Scobee Rodgers, recalled having a light-bulb ...

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NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1, marking the first U.S. space excursion of its kind since the 1970s. The 10-day mission will test life support systems during a flyby of the moon but will ...

The mid-1980s may feel distant to today’s Northwestern students. But to me, a 22-year-old senior at the Medill School of Journalism — nearly 40 years ago, today — that time is forever etched in memory ...

The author of a new book about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster is coming to Central Florida for a signing event. Simply titled, “Challenger,” Adam Higginbotham took four years to pore through ...

It started like any other day off from school. But I had no idea how a sick day would become a date that would stick in my memory forever. I was 15, and staying home from school was no easy task. My ...

The Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning plans several events to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which on Jan. 28, 1986, claimed the ...

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 ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the shuttle’s fuel tank exploded and the shuttle broke apart ...