The Artemis II launch on April 1, was a success. But not all launches have bee. In 1986, 7 members of the Challenger crew ...

As anticipation mounts over the Artemis II launch, some Americans are feeling anxious due to the Challenger disaster from ...

Forty years ago, on January 28, 1986, the nation gathered to watch the Space Shuttle Challenger launch, a historic mission carrying the first "teacher in space," Christa McAuliffe. But 73 seconds into ...

HOUSTON (CNN) — NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monument to Ronald McNair, an astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger disaster, stands in his hometown of Lake City, South ...

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 ...

Forty years to the day since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, a former astronaut and teacher recounted watching the launch as a child and reflected on why she still chose to fly years later in a ...