It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which engineers spotted O-ring seal defficiencies that would doom Challenger a year ...

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.

This was a note taken at Mamocacha over coffee—power outages have a delightful way of turning one’s plans into mere suggestions. Lacking a Smartphone with ...

Disintegration of the vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB ... had known since 1977 that contractor Morton-Thiokol’s design of the SRBs contained a ...

At the time of the shuttle explosion, Boisjoly, who was employed as a technical troubleshooter at Morton Thiokol, was one of five engineers who had been charged with solving the joint seal problems ...

Low clouds may have spoiled the view from the ground, but a Falcon 9 set a new record early Saturday as SpaceX pushes ...

Security camera footage posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo captured the scene of two family members reacting to an explosion near their home that lit up the night sky. Fortunately, the ...