The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members aboard in a ...

It was 40 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the space shuttle Challenger blasted off on its 10th mission to space. Sadly, the vehicle never made it there. Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

On this day 40 years ago, America tragically lost 7 brilliant, visionary, and courageous titans of space exploration aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. On this solemn anniversary, we acknowledge ...

NASA developed space shuttles to make more routine trips back and forth between the earth’s surface and Low Earth Orbit. NASA built six space shuttles, the first one launching in 1981 and the last one ...

Earlier this month, NASA successfully evacuated four crew members from the International Space Station following a medical emergency. The four astronauts — two from the United States, one from Japan ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

HOUSTON — Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members aboard in a tragedy that shocked the nation and reshaped NASA's approach to ...