The Columbia space shuttle broke apart as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT All seven crew on board the space shuttle Challenger were killed as they tried to return to ...

The shuttle had no escape system, so the crew remained trapped inside. Americans back on the surface watched in horror after witnessing what looked like an explosion, and as major chunks of the ...

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28, 1986 ...

It was Jan. 28, 1986, when seven crew members loaded onto the Challenger space shuttle on Florida's Space Coast, with plans to head to space. Instead, the shuttle exploded minutes after launching – ...

The harrowing final two words of the crew on board NASA's Challenger Space Shuttle sheds some light on the devastating ...

The crew was made up of five astronauts, two payload specialists and one teacher (Image: AFP) On the morning of January 28, 1986, millions of viewers around the globe were transfixed by their ...

The NASA space shuttle exploded in the sky and all seven crew members were gruesomely killed. Just moments before, the pilot ...

William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in ...

Stewart stars as Sally Ride in the series about the events leading up to and following the 1986 Challenger disaster.