Editor's note: This essay was originally published on January 28, 2006, on the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Twenty years ago this week, people born after the ...

Three Marylanders were among the seven astronauts who died 30 years ago Thursday in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.On Jan. 28, 1986, Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral with seven ...

It was the children Tuesday who helped teacher Barbara Roduner deal with the loss of her childhood friend, astronaut Judith Resnik. "They were so great," Mrs. Roduner said of her second-grade pupils ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Families of the lost ...

NEW YORK — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, just seconds after liftoff. Schoolchildren across the ...

Sunday marks 38 years since the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on a chilly Florida morning and passed into history when the ship carrying seven astronauts -- one the first “civilian” in space, ...

This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission 51L. All seven members of the crew were killed when the shuttle exploded during launch on Jan. 28, 1986. Front row ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — For NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, the year 1986 was shaping up to be the most ambitious one yet, with plans that called for up to 15 missions, including one that would send the ...

Middle school students within San Antonio’s Southwest ISD, whether they know it or not, have paid tribute to the team that lost their lives in a tragedy that shocked the nation more than 30 years ago.

(NBC NEWS/AP) – Today marks the 35th anniversary of the deadly space shuttle Challenger accident. On January 28, 1986, Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral with seven astronauts, including ...

I don't know exactly how the space shuttle Challenger disaster found that niche, but it's true. If you ask someone born in the 1960s or '70s what they were doing when they heard about the Challenger, ...