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 ...

January 28, 1986: a day that froze America in shock and disbelief. Join us as we examine the Challenger disaster that claimed seven lives and changed space travel forever. From the Teacher in Space ...

San Diego aerospace engineer Wesley Melvin Dreyer spent decades pushing the boundaries of aviation—from developing top-secret defense projects to helping uncover the cause of the Challenger disaster.

"On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on ...

As the space shuttle Challenger roared away from Earth 30 years ago Thursday, only CNN was covering it live for a national audience. For 73 seconds, viewers saw only the orbiter and its rocket ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed ...

We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it’s time we paid some damn attention to them. So we’ll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day’s work. Maybe two ...

ARUNDEL, Maine — Best-selling author and journalist Adam Higginbotham will discuss his latest book, "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space," at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, ...