NASA scientists say pending cuts to the space agency could compromise mission safety and pave the way for another tragedy like the 1986 Challenger disaster.

Space shuttle Columbia lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on January 16, 2003, in Florida. Columbia broke up upon reentry to Earth and the seven-person crew was lost February 1, 2003.

On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during atmospheric entry over Texas. Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3, th… ...

The 1986 Space Shuttle disaster highlights the importance of independent research, clear data presentation, and ...

The disaster unfolded on live TV before countless schoolchildren eager to see McAuliffe, an everyday teacher, rocketing toward space. She would have been the first teacher in space.

Space travel has historically been a dangerous business for astronauts and engineers alike. Hundreds of people have died in the pursuit of space including Apollo and space shuttle crews Space ...

The disaster grounded NASA’s space shuttle program for nearly three years. “But look at how we flew after,” says Robert Cabana, former NASA astronaut and director of the Kennedy Space Center.

This image released by Netflix shows a scene from "Challenger: The Final Flight." The four-part series about the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster premieres Wednesday. (NASA/Netflix via AP) ...

The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on live TV in 1986 was a punch to the gut of America’s confidence in NASA and its shuttle program. Flights were paused for more than two years to conduct ...

The two shuttle disasters, as well as the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew during a Jan. 27, 1967, launch pad test, taught the space agency how to improve the Herculean task of launching humans into ...

John Balzar (Commentary, Feb. 5) is dead on target in his criticism of the over-the-top coverage of the shuttle explosion. Such blubbery sentimentalism trivializes the tragedy. Particularly absurd ...

Bob Ebeling spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks before his death. Ebeling’s daughter Leslie Serna ...