Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 28th January 1986: An abstract smoke pattern after the space shuttle Challenger explosion, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Dave ...

WASHINGTON — Wednesday marks 40 years since the NASA Challenger space shuttle exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing everyone aboard. Jan. 28, 1986, began a day filled with hope and ...

It was 40 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the space shuttle Challenger blasted off on its 10th mission to space. Sadly, the vehicle never made it there. Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff ...

At least two Challenger astronauts are believed to have survived the shuttle's explosion, enduring a harrowing 2-minute, ...

Seven funerals were held for NASA's Challenger astronauts who died in the 1986 disaster, but an eighth ceremony was held at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board ...

As the world follows NASA's first crewed moon mission in decades, the Mohawk Valley remembers hometown hero Gregory B. Jarvis, who died in the Challenger explosion.

After Challenger shattered NASA's ambitions, a secret proposal emerged to strip the space shuttle down to its bones and ...

NASA Astronaut Michael Fincke visited the Challenger Center Hawaiʻi on Tuesday to inspire sixth graders from Robert Louis ...

On the morning of January 28, 1986, seven crew members were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart a little over a minute after it launched. Those killed included five NASA astronauts, ...