CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Thirty years after the space shuttle Challenger exploded during liftoff, a new generation of spaceships continues to build on changes made after NASA's fatal accident.

Weigh data properly. In the Challenger story, the decision-makers weighted heavily the recent string of accident-free launches and the morning’s temperature increase thanks to the postponement. The ...

Stewart stars as Sally Ride in the series about the events leading up to and following the 1986 Challenger disaster.

Newswise — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jan. 28, 2026, marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle accident in Cape Canaveral, Florida – the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft ...

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Agrega Yahoo como fuente de noticias preferida para ver más de nuestras historias en Google. Imagen televisada del Accidente del Transbordador espacial Challenger, desintegrándose a 73 segundos de su ...

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, D.C. — Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) today made the following statement to mark the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger accident on January 28, 1986: “Twenty-five ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board were ...

The 1986 Challenger space shuttle accident was the first fatal incident involving an American spacecraft during its mission. A Florida State University professor views the tragedy as a learning ...

Florida State University history professor Ronald Doel vividly remembers what he describes as the “deeply emotional moment” of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle accident in Cape Canaveral – the first ...