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 ...

There have been missions in the ... On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.

The three winners come from schools across the United States and were selected from a competitive pool of nominations. The ...

More than 600 people who have launched into space. Only 100 have been women. Here are those who made milestones with their treks.

Ground Control to Major Trent and Nolan! Tomorrow, from 6 to 8 p.m., participants can become astronauts working in Mission Control and the Space Station on a mission to study ...

High school social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was selected from a pool of 10,000 applicants. With six ...

Farrah Hayes, executive director of the future Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, shared a glimpse into the center’s space-themed ... a third-generation teacher, and so it ...

As schoolchildren watched on television from their classrooms, hoping to see Christa McAuliffe take flight as the first American teacher to go into space, the Challenger lifted off from Cape ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...