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 ...

Icons of space flight they undoubtedly are, but the shuttle programme has been marked by very public tragedy. On 28 January 1986, Challenger was set to carry the first American civilian into space.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...