40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human ...

When King Charles met NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise as the Prince of Wales

In 1977, the United Kingdom's King Charles III, a prince at the time, met with NASA astronauts Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, ...
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‘Part of our human destiny’: The evolution of space exploration from shuttle to SpaceX

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...

Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...
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What happens when a space shuttle returns without astronauts

Dream Chaser is finally ready for launch after more than a decade of development. Sierra Space has moved the Tenacity cargo space plane and its Shooting Star module into final testing at NASA’s ...

What happened to Challenger? Remembering deadly disaster 40 years later

Seven American spacefarers were killed in a tragic event 40 years ago today that has become widely known as the Challenger ...

Lake City marks 40 years since native Ronald E McNair died onboard Space Shuttle Challenger

LAKE CITY, S.C. (WBTW) — This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger, where seven people lost their ...

Tyler doctor who captured space Shuttle Columbia breaking up calls experience humbling, sad

A Tyler doctor’s photo landed him in the history books when he captured one of our nation’s tragedies.