The Museum of Flight marks NASA's Day of Remembrance with special displays honoring the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and ...

The Challenger Learning Center is honoring its namesake in 2026, the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle tragedy ...

We're revisiting live broadcasts from Cape Canaveral, with one of the local reporters who covered the launch in real time.

That kind of strong leadership and great teamwork are the real safety systems of spaceflight.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — On a cold Florida morning in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying seven astronauts into space. Except the crew never made it. The ...

The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 that killed high school teacher Christa McAuliffe and six other crew members was one of those tragedies where everyone seems to remember where ...

The crew compartment shot out of the fireball, intact, and continued upward another three miles before plummeting. The free fall lasted more than two minutes. There was no parachute to slow the ...

Challenger 40th Anniversary featuring Octave of Light by Multiverse Concert Series January 31, 2026 Commemoration & Concert | 3:00PM & 5:30PM.

If you are of a certain age, you probably recall where you were when you heard the news. That morning, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew ...