The cause, however, was hopeless. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The crew cabin continued to rise for 20 seconds before slowing, then finally dropping again some 12 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.

Challenger's crew cabin Challenger was torn apart at 48,000 feet, but the crew cabin arced higher, reaching a maximum altitude of 65,000 feet before it began to descend.

It was the agency`s most definitive finding to date that the crew cabin–”including most of its outer shell,” cockpit window frames and airlock hatch–survived Challenger`s fiery explosion.

Space Shuttle Challenger FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1986 file picture, the crew members of space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L, leave their quarters for the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in ...

The crew cabin hit the ocean’s surface at more than 200 mph nearly 3 minutes after the shuttle disintegrated. Onlookers watched as the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated before their eyes.

NASA's attitude changed with flight No. 25 - the doomed launch of Challenger, which took place 15 years ago this Sunday, on Jan. 28, 1986. All seven crew members were killed, including teacher ...

NASA also observes a day of remembrance every Jan. 28 for the three Apollo 1 astronauts who died in a fire on Jan. 27, 1967, and the crew of the Columbia space shuttle, which exploded and killed ...

Tuesday marks 34 years since the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on a chilly Florida morning and passed into history when the ship carrying seven astronauts -- one the first “civilian” in ...