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 ...

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Jan. 28, 2021, marked the 35th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger accident that claimed all seven lives on board in 1986. This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of space shuttle ...

Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch. One of those seven astronauts was Christa McAuliffe.

Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, ...

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 ...

Set to open on January 28, 2026 — the 40th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster — the center will offer middle schoolers an immersive, hands-on learning experience designed to ...

Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...

In 1986 he somewhat reluctantly agreed to join the Rogers Commission, whose task was to investigate the Challenger disaster. The space shuttle Challenger had exploded a little more than a minute ...

and who later shouldered part of the blame for the 1986 explosion that killed all seven crew members aboard the Challenger space shuttle, died Feb. 10 at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.