Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — 40 years ago, America watched the Challenger Space Shuttle unexpectedly explode, leaving a lasting impact to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

The four students from Norwalk and their chaperone knew all about rocket boosters. After all, solid motor propellers were part of the reason they were in Cape Canaveral that day in January 1986. Six ...

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 ...

Editor: On a beautiful January morning in 1986, seven crew members, five men and two women, proudly boarded The Space Shuttle Challenger. We saw the crew for the last time as they walked out to the ...

Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts aboard. One of them was Christa McAuliffe, a Concord High School teacher from New ...

When astronaut Judith Resnik returned to visit friends and family in Akron, she would often stop at her alma mater, Firestone High School, to speak with students and visit her favorite teachers. One ...

In this picture, a cloud of grey-brown smoke can be seen on the right side of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) directly across from the letter "U" in United States. This was the first sign indicating an ...

Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members aboard. The disaster occurred at what was then the pinnacle of the U.S.

New Hampshire couldn't have been prouder than in the days and weeks preceding the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger Mission 51L. Concord's own Krysta McAuliffe was to orbit the Earth with six ...