On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. All seven crewmembers on board were killed, including the first teacher to go into space. The disaster was one of the ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — News10NBC’s Erin Mahon explored how the legacy of the 1986 Challenger disaster continues to impact aspiring astronauts of today on Wednesday. Jimmy Sands, who witnessed the ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

On the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion, South Carolina will pay tribute to one of its native sons: astronaut Ronald McNair, a physicist and the second Black American to reach space. The ...