Many know the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In short, the space shuttle exploded in 1986 just after liftoff due to a failed O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters.

A nationwide contest of sorts called the Teacher In Space Project was held by NASA and received more than 11,000 applications. New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to travel on the ...

NASA funding started in the 1970s, before the space shuttle became operational. After numerous technical delays, not to mention those caused by the Challenger disaster, the space shuttle Discovery ...

She was an astronaut, an International Space Station alum, and an aquanaut before she turned 40. It all happened because she ...

It was initially scheduled to be launched in 1986 but that was delayed until 1990 due to technical difficulties and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The HST first had two cameras ...

On January 28, 1986, NASA launched the Challenger shuttle ... Space Project. On the day of the launch, NASA provided schools nationwide a satellite feed of the launch. Sadly, that means McAuliffe’s ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds former Navy Captain, shuttle astronaut and current ... Scooter Altman – Yeah, well, that’s a tough thing to live with in space flight, because there ...

But while many are aware of his connection to space studies at Purdue, few know that he played a significant role in the creation of the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger — and its aftermath.

After all, anyone who remembers, or has studied, the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy could have worries about such travels. According to The Mirror, "Fans flooded to the live stream with ...

"The 1986 Challenger disaster — in which seven crew members were killed when their Space Shuttle broke apart shortly after launch — was directly linked to a homogeneity of thought among NASA ...

When he was booked to go, however, Kardashian—who recalled seeing her parents cry in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded ... said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2021 that he had turned ...