But just 73 seconds after blast-off, the shuttle burst into flames, leaving a cloud of smoke in the sky before it plummeted into the ocean. Shortly after taking off, the boosters gave off some ...

The five crew members launched on the three-day jaunt ... A year later, the Space Shuttle Challenger would launch under similar conditions and be lost. Roger Boisjoly, an engineer at Morton ...

The dramatic accident of the space shuttle Challenger reminded us all of the dangers of space exploration, but who will remember the names of the crew? In 1967, astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee ...

Thirty years ago this weekend, after a two and a half year stand down and an extremely difficult external- and self-examination of a lack of safety within the program, NASA succeeded in returning ...

Flynn was the final crew member to exit, chanting, "I went to space!" "I'm so proud of you," Bezos said as he gave Flynn a hug. Jumping up and down after the journey to space, King said she wouldn ...

President Ronald Reagan immortalized those words when he addressed the nation on the night of Jan. 28, 1986, paying tribute to the seven crew members who lost their lives when the Space Shuttle ...

Andrew 'Andy' Freed is most well-known for being a Purdue professor, teaching notable classes taken by a large majority of ...

March 28 (UPI) --NASA on Friday announced the four crew members of ... 18 in 2008 and Space Transportation System 134 in 2011, which was the final flight of space shuttle Endeavour.