A new book details the errors that went into the disaster that doomed the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. AP At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe ...

The space shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File) Image 2 of 4 ...

Millions of viewers were horrified to witness the Challenger space shuttle explode just seconds after take-off on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven crew members on board. Take a look back at how the… ...

A second space shuttle disaster. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia broke apart upon reentry on ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – On a cold Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a Kennedy Space Center launch pad. Seventy-three seconds into the launch, the shuttle broke ...

The space shuttle Challenger, visible in the mist as it is being moved to the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in January 1986. Photo: Space Frontiers/Getty Images ...

The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The crewed shuttle mission for ...

BBC World Service and BBC Sounds have announced their multi-award winning podcast 13 Minutes To The Moon is to return with a ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.The disaster — which claimed the lives of ...

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster remembered 39 years later. James Tutten. Tue, January 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC. 1 min read. The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle ...