For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

"This design presents an image of a NASA space shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Smoke from the solid rocket boosters fills the lower edges of the ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia ... 32 months before another shuttle left a launch pad. Within days, NASA concluded ...