NASA’s “Teacher in Space” added joy to many Americans’ lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though ...

On this day 34 years ago, NASA's space shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch, claiming the lives of its seven crew members, including one civilian teacher.; The tragedy changed the course ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.The disaster — which claimed the lives of ...

The space shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File) Image 2 of 4 ...

The space shuttle Challenger — during its 10th launch – on Jan. 28, 1986, exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crewmembers and changing NASA's space program forever.

On Jan. 28, 1986, a family from Detroit watches the Challenger from Cocoa Beach, Fla., cheering and clapping, photographing themselves with the shuttle in the background, not knowing that the ...

Jan. 28, 2011 — -- Just before noon on January 28, 1986, people watched with excitement as the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from its Florida launch pad -- but that excitement and hope ...

SPACE.com takes a look back at NASA's Challenger shuttle disaster 25 years later. See photos and in-depth stories on the Jan. 28, 2986 Challenger accident.

On Jan. 28, 1986, at 11:39 a.m., people across the country watched in horror as the space shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone on board. It remains one of the ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Cente… ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

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