The Challenger space shuttle tragedy shocked the entire world and reminded everyone of the gravity and intense dangers space ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. The Feb. 10, 1986, cover of TIME Rothman is managing editor at TIME. When the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off on Jan. 28, 1986, space flight was supposed to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monument to Ronald McNair, an astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger disaster, stands in his hometown of Lake City, South ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

HOUSTON (CNN) — NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the ...

The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Front to back are Commander Francis Scobee, ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the shuttle’s fuel tank exploded and the shuttle broke apart ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members aboard. The disaster occurred at what was then the pinnacle of the U.S.