The last Space Shuttle lost was Columbia during STS-107 on February 1, 2003. The orbiter disintegrated during reentry over ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry.

TODAY marks four decades since the Challenger space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds into its flight. Millions watched the ...

For the millions of people across the country and around the world that watched the tragic loss of Challenger live, the ...

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...

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

When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering choice. From military spaceplanes to commercial capsules, uncrewed returns ...

Jan. 28, 1986, 7 spacefarers were killed when shuttle Challenger exploded midair after launching from Kennedy Space Center in ...

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

NASA has put the brakes on a politically charged plan to uproot Space Shuttle Discovery from its longtime home at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. The agency’s new leadership ...