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.

When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering ...

Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human ...

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...

The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...

The Remembering Columbia Museum marked its 15th anniversary Sunday, continuing its mission to honor the seven astronauts who ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael ...

Seven American spacefarers were killed in a tragic event 40 years ago today that has become widely known as the Challenger disaster.

The loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven brave astronauts 40 years ago inflicted a generational wound on the nation.

It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had ...