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

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

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

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

The Challenger explosion was an awakening for people in the 1980s. It shook confidence in received narratives of safety.

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

The myth of "routine" spaceflight was tragically shattered in 1986 as thousands of schoolchildren watched space shuttle ...

The Challenger Center for Space Science Education will host another in a series of live interactive webcasts for teachers and students on Thursday, April 29th at 1:00 pm EDT. Our guest for this ...

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