For millions of Americans, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11. On that chilly January day in 1986, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing ...

There are certain moments in history that stay lodged in our national consciousness, events that connect people in a wellspring of deep emotion. The launch and subsequent explosion of the space ...

The author of a new book about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster is coming to Central Florida for a signing event. Simply titled, “Challenger,” Adam Higginbotham took four years to pore through ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, live on national television. Behind the tragedy lay ignored warnings, flawed decisions, and a frozen rubber ...

The mid-1980s may feel distant to today’s Northwestern students. But to me, a 22-year-old senior at the Medill School of Journalism — nearly 40 years ago, today — that time is forever etched in memory ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...