The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after the launch with a terrible mid-air explosion on ...

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 ...

In an oral history about his career that Dr. Lucas recorded for NASA in 2010, the Challenger disaster was barely ... killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. She was to be the ...

William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...

David Plotz talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space ... people on board the shuttle, and more.

Dr. Farrah Hayes, executive director of the future Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, shared a glimpse into the center’s space-themed STEM programs and its profound impact on local ...

In the period between 1961 to 2025, 14 US, 4 USSR and 1 Israeli astronaut died. In addition to these incidents, 11 astronauts, test pilots, and other personnel have been killed during training or ...

William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle ... the Challenger’s launch and witnessed the televised disaster ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia tragedies. These events emphasized ...

By the time of the Challenger disaster, Dr. Lucas was serving as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center outside ... which propelled the shuttle's ascent and were managed by Dr. Lucas's ...