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

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank would fall off ...

and the fuel tank broke apart, causing the orbiter to be torn apart by aerodynamic stresses. It would take two years of investigations and modifications before a NASA space shuttle flew into space ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS). All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), adapted for ...

NASA's Space Launch System is scheduled to launch ... NASA is busy getting all of the rocket's components in order, like its gigantic fuel tanks. Watch the painstaking process of months of work ...

It is not easy to break through the Earth’s atmosphere and travel in space ... these parts fall into the ocean after launch. They can be reused. External tank: provides the fuel to finish ...