On this six-day journey, mission specialist Resnik was scheduled to operate the Shuttle's robot arm and to deploy the Spartan, a network of scientific instruments which would have floated in space for ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – A brand new school has been named after a woman who helped shape America's history. On Thursday, Southwest ISD dedicated the new Judith A. Resnik Middle School. Judy Resnik was one of ...

Three Marylanders were among the seven astronauts who died 30 years ago Thursday in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.On Jan. 28, 1986, Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral with seven ...

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, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hundreds gathered at NASA’s launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, receiving words of hope from the widow of the space shuttle’s commander.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hundreds gathered at NASA’s launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, receiving words of hope from the widow of the space shuttle’s commander.

This column by The Plain Dealer's James Neff originally ran on Jan. 30, 1986. Over and over, in vivid splashes of color, the television was showing the world how her daughter had died. And Sarah P.

The crew of the shuttle Challenger takes a break during countdown training on Jan. 9, 1986: From left are space teacher Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, ...

This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission 51L. All seven members of the crew were killed when the shuttle exploded during launch on Jan. 28, 1986. Front row ...

I don't know exactly how the space shuttle Challenger disaster found that niche, but it's true. If you ask someone born in the 1960s or '70s what they were doing when they heard about the Challenger, ...