As NASA prepares for the wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis II moon rocket and capsule, many are noticing similarities ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

Forty years ago, Americans were shocked when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after it launched on a chilly ...

The Challenger explosion was an awakening for people in the 1980s. It shook confidence in received narratives of safety.

The seven crew members of the Challenger mission were explorers united in their pursuit of dreams and education, and are remembered for their legacy of pushing science forward.

A nation watched in horror as the space shutter Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, during a live television broadcast. Reality: No it didn’t, and no it didn’t. Challenger was the second shuttle to ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, America witnessed a tragedy: the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger in the blue skies over Florida. The ...

(NEWS CENTER) -- 30 years ago today, seven lives were lost when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in the skies over Cape Canaveral Florida. One of the people aboard was a school teacher from New ...

Jan. 28 marks 40 years since the Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff. Brian Yocono and Amanda Hill take a look back at ...