A day of tragedy for the space shuttle over Florida. See original live coverage

On Jan. 28, 1986, America witnessed a tragedy: the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger in the blue skies over Florida. The ...
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That fateful launch: NASA’s Challenger tragedy and its aftermath

A nation watched in horror as the space shutter Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, during a live television broadcast. Reality: No it didn’t, and no it didn’t. Challenger was the second shuttle to ...

Challenger: Memories, reflections of a dark day in space history

Marking three decades since the explosion of the Challenger claimed the lives of its seven-member crew, we recap the incident ...
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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 ...

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Jan. 26)

The rollout on Saturday, Jan. 17, of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is a crucial step signaling that NASA is in the ...
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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, ...