Pontiac-based program relied on big cubic inches to help usher America’s nascent shuttle design into the later space age.

NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

White House ‘Gulf of America’ Fight Don’t Let Other Countries Set U.S. Tax Rates Today is the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion upon takeoff, on January 28 ...

The temperature was predicted to be a record low for a Space Shuttle launch. 9:38 a.m. was the launch time and the temperature then was 26 degrees. Space Shuttle Challenger was about to lift off ...

The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after ... set to be one of the first “civilians” in space. A NASA investigation later found that cold weather and faulty O-rings on the ...

Read full article: INTERACTIVE: The NASA astronauts and employees who died in service to U.S. space exploration January 28th is a Day of Remembrance honoring the lives of the crew and teacher ...

It was the morning of Jan. 28, the day of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Icicles formed on the launch pad and service tower in the evening and early morning hours on January 28 ...

On this date, Jan. 28, 1986, 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 ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...