LUMBERTON — As this week marked the 40th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, one local man recalls a connection to astronaut Ronald McNair, who was killed in the tragedy.
Prelude: It was bitterly cold in Washington for Reagan’s scheduled State of the Union address. But it wasn't the weather that intervened. Instead, the annual event was postponed by a tragedy that ...
On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. All seven crew members on board were killed. The disaster was one of the most significant events in NASA history, ...
The STS-107 tragedy on February 1, 2003, brought the reality of space exploration to Deep East Texas, where debris rained ...
On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as ...
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'I touch the future. I teach' | Local educator remembers words of Challenger hero Christa McAuliffe
The explosion claimed the lives of all seven astronauts, including McAuliffe, the first private citizen selected for ...
The Challenger explosion was an awakening for people in the 1980s. It shook confidence in received narratives of safety.
The Challenger astronauts "gave their all doing what they were called to do in life," McCoy tells her students. "Never be ...
A native of Lake City, South Carolina, Dr. McNair was one of seven astronauts who perished aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986.
New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an ...
As NASA prepares for the wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis II moon rocket and capsule, many are noticing similarities ...
A Pee Dee community came together to remember a renowned astronaut and physicist who lost his life 40 years ago.
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