It was 40 years ago this week that many of us witnessed those fateful 73 seconds of Challenger's final flight. Let's remember ...

Ohio native Judith Resnik was a mission specialist on the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded shortly after ...

Nasa’s avoidable tragedy exemplified 1980s overconfidence and haunted a generation, but the allure of space exploration endured ...

NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday to commemorate the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 and space shuttle ...

On a beautiful January morning in 1986, seven crew members, five men and two women, proudly boarded The Space Shuttle Challenger. We saw the crew ...

For 73 seconds, a crowd of excited Americans looked to the sky in wonder and awe as they waved goodbye to the crew aboard ...

Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator, ending a half-century of public service. Nelson and NASA Deputy ...

The Columbia Memorial Space Center will host Astronaut Commemoration Day on Saturday, Jan. 24, offering a free, daylong ...

Challenger 40th Anniversary featuring Octave of Light by Multiverse Concert Series January 31, 2026 Commemoration & Concert | 3:00PM & 5:30PM.

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NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission, as detailed in the official statement published by NASA, will carry not only astronauts ...