The explosion claimed the lives of all seven astronauts, including McAuliffe, the first private citizen selected for ...
Forty years later, Cheryl McNair remembers the shock of watching the Challenger space shuttle fall to pieces with her husband, astronaut Ronald McNair, onboard. “Now what?” Cheryl McNair, now in her ...
New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the ...
The Challenger explosion was an awakening for people in the 1980s. It shook confidence in received narratives of safety.
As part of Juno’s extended mission, the spacecraft is making close encounters of Jupiter’s large Galilean moons after having ...
As if flying commercial planes wasn't stressful enough already, airlines are facing major safety issues because of SpaceX ...
As NASA prepares for the wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis II moon rocket and capsule, many are noticing similarities ...
Steve Hawley, who flew five Space Shuttle missions, and Krista Schaffer, a first-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe ...
MAINE (WABI) - Former Maine teacher, Bill Townsend, was nearly selected to join the Space Shuttle Challenger crew. The Challenger blew up on January 28, 1986 killing all seven crew members on board.
The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana operates simulated missions and hands-on STEM programs. The center describes itself on its website as the only Challenger Learning Center in the ...
On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off at Kennedy Space Center, carrying seven people, including New ...
Framingham State and students honored Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger crew on Wednesday with a moment of silence, tributes and planetarium events marking 40 years.