Editor's note: This essay was originally published on January 28, 2006, on the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Twenty years ago this week, people born after the ...

Sunday marks 38 years since the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on a chilly Florida morning and passed into history when the ship carrying seven astronauts -- one the first “civilian” in space, ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day in history, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all seven inside. On Jan. 28, 1986, an explosion took place 73 seconds into the flight of the ...

Middle school students within San Antonio’s Southwest ISD, whether they know it or not, have paid tribute to the team that lost their lives in a tragedy that shocked the nation more than 30 years ago.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on its 10th mission on Jan. 28, 1986. It exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, claiming the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It was an unusually cold day for Florida on that date, Jan. 28, 1986. The temperature was predicted to be a record low for a Space Shuttle launch. 9:38 a.m. was the launch time ...

U.S. officials on Thursday confirmed that a 20-foot segment of the space shuttle Challenger was discovered earlier this year off the Florida coast by divers who were filming a television documentary ...