First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger ... booster separated from the shuttle, and the fuel tank broke apart, causing the orbiter to be torn apart by ...

It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

NASA used spare parts from its shuttle fleet to create the new orbiter. Endeavour flew into space 25 times ... On Dec. 6, just two days after launch, the astronauts mated Zarya with Unity ...

R: The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise inside of Marshall ... It was the second, the Columbia, that had the honor of being the first space shuttle to launch into orbit. It blasted off on April 12 ...

On this date in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff, destroying the orbiter and killing her ...

The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...

At 5 p.m., President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the ...

Today marks 39 years since the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, honoring the brave pioneers who lost their lives in space.

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.

The Apollo I and space shuttle Challenger and Columbia astronauts were remembered during an annual ceremony at Kennedy Space ...