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

For 73 seconds, a crowd of excited Americans looked to the sky in wonder and awe as they waved goodbye to the crew aboard ...

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

HOUSTON -- NASA will observe a solemn anniversary today. The Challenger accident happened 30 years ago today. NASA is set to honor the victims of that accident across multiple states today. It is hard ...

Christa McAuliffe, a teacher at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire, was selected by NASA to be the first teacher to go into space aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger. She planned ...

Author Adam Higginbotham joins John Williams to discuss his book, ‘Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space.’ Adam talks about what makes him interested in these types of ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...

Every generation has their tragic touchstones. The Boomers had the JFK assassination, Millennials had 9/11. And the Iraq War. And the Great Recession. And political turmoil. And the way things are ...

John Denver was a decorated country musician, philanthropist, environmentalist, and, generally, an icon. The man wore a few different hats. And one more to include on that list is that of a pilot’s ...

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: So where were you 15 years ago today? When I tell you why I ask, I bet you will know ...