Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The space shuttle Challenger lifted off on January 28, 1986. An explosion 73 seconds after liftoff claimed the lives of the crew. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Challenger Learning Center is asking the community to honor its namesake as 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger ...

The Challenger disaster's enduring legacy is the educational mission that arose from the tragedy. Challenger Learning Centers were created to honor the crew by inspiring young people in science and ...

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

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28, 1986 ...

New Hampshire couldn't have been prouder than in the days and weeks preceding the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger Mission 51L. Concord's own Krysta McAuliffe was to orbit the Earth with six ...

A new educational program using simulated space exploration was announced today to commemorate the Space Shuttle Challenger Mission STS 51-L that ended tragically on January 28, 1986. The program, ...

Hello! I'm covering Cattaraugus County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Althea.CastrodelaMata@wkbw.com ALLEGANY, N.Y. (WKBW) — What if a classroom could launch students ...

David Klaus, a retired University of Colorado Boulder professor, was a 23-year-old launch control engineer at NASA when the Challenger spacecraft exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986. When his ...