After the accident, Boisjoly testified to a presidential commission investigating the Challenger accident. The group determined that hot gases leaked through a joint in one of the booster rockets ...

The Challenger accident happened 30 years ago today. NASA is set to honor the victims of that accident across multiple states today.

Do you have any idea how much of the space shuttle Challenger is still lost in the ocean? The disaster of this infamous mission was an unthinkable tragedy, but behind the headlines, there's a deeper ...

The 1986 Space Shuttle disaster highlights the importance of independent research, clear data presentation, and ...

The talk is part of the third annual Fall Author Event hosted by the Louis T. Graves Memorial Library in Kennebunkport.

Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday.

Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.

Along with McAuliffe, the explosion also claimed shuttle commander Francis Scobee, 46, pilot Michael Smith, 40, and astronauts Judith Resnik, 36, Ronald McNair, 35, Ellison Onizuka, 39, and ...

Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.