Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion, which occurred 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — January 28, 1986, remains one of the most tragic moments in America’s spaceflight history. After days of delays, Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

WASHINGTON — Wednesday marks 40 years since the NASA Challenger space shuttle exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing everyone aboard. Jan. 28, 1986, began a day filled with hope and ...

Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty years ago Space Shuttle Challenger climbed into the clear amid blue skies over ...

Forty years ago, I was at Mission Control at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for the launch of the Challenger. I was working in data communications. My job was to ensure all telemetry links between ...