The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion has died.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

The Challenger disaster, which occurred on January 28, 1986, remains one of the most heartbreaking events in space exploration. The tragedy was caused by a failure in the shuttle’s solid rocket ...

space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, killing all seven crew members. Two O-rings in the right solid rocket booster failed on launch due to ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

While the launch ended with one major accomplishment – the second-ever successful return of the rocket booster to the launch ... ground was endangered by the explosion. But ahead of SpaceX ...

The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" was likely caused by a propellant leak, Elon Musk said, and was captured on video by spectators on the ground.

Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity. Apart from obviously ...

On Tuesday, the nation marks the 39th anniversary of the explosion that destroyed Challenger 73 seconds after liftoff after a failure in the shuttle’s right solid rocket booster. Americans were ...