Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just ... The more weight a rocket has to carry into space, the more expensive the launch ...
An earlier version of this obituary referred incorrectly to Christa McAuliffe, one of the astronauts killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. She was to be the first American ...
The Challenger disaster, a tragic day in space exploration history, took place on January 28, 1986. Just 73 seconds after launch, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, leading to the loss of ...
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 ...