Futurism

NASA Fears Another Tragedy If Astronauts Return on Starliner

NASA is expected to finally come to a decision on what to do with its two stranded astronauts this weekend, but its option of returning them on Boeing’s troubled Starliner is starting to look less and ...
Jets Wire

40 years ago, shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida in deadly tragedy

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

They Searched the Bermuda Triangle for a Legendary WWII Plane—and Found a Piece of the Challenger Instead

How a team of divers accidentally uncovered debris from the tragic 1986 shuttle explosion resting on Florida’s ocean floor.
Yahoo

Challenger disaster remembered 40 years later as NASA prepares for new lunar mission

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago on Wednesday, the world witnessed one of the worst space tragedies. The Challenger mission exploded, and weather ...
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That fateful launch: NASA’s Challenger tragedy and its aftermath

Our collective memory: A nation watched in horror as the space shutter Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, during a live television broadcast. Reality: No it didn’t, and no it didn’t. Challenger was ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Christa McAuliffe’s Life Ended in Tragedy on the ‘Challenger’ Shuttle. Here’s How the High School Teacher Was Chosen for the Ill-Fated Flight

NASA’s “Teacher in Space” added joy to many Americans’ lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though she never reached her destination Alice George - Museums Correspondent ...