Twenty five years ago the Challenger space shuttle broke apart over a minute after its launch, killing all seven on board. It was both a tragedy and profoundly shocking event, the consequences of ...

Debris from the Challenger shuttle disaster which exploded two minutes after take-off and killed all seven crew members has been found off the Florida coast. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in ...

New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe practices a lesson she planned to send down to kids from orbit in this screenshot from the National Geographic Channel's upcoming documentary "Challenger ...

THE CHALLENGER disaster shook the world after NASA's space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members on board and lost tapes reveal the message sent to the team by ...

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Some 73 seconds into the 25th US shuttle flight, the external tank tore apart, forming a vast fireball 14km (46,000ft) up as hydrogen and oxygen fuel escaped into the atmosphere. The Challenger ...

JANUARY 28, 2022 marks the 36th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion that took the lives of seven crew members. The disaster killed everyone on board, as the shuttle exploded midair ...

THE Challenger crew likely SURVIVED the dramatic explosion before the space shuttle plunged to earth and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, says a shocking new book. Author Kevin Cook says he has ...

Beyoncé is ending the year on a sour note with members of the NASA community. The pop singer included an audio clip from the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster as part of her new song, "XO." The ...

The seven astronauts of the space shuttle Challenger were to have spent six-and-a-half days in Earth orbit, during which they would have deployed a satellite and carried out a number of experiments.