It would be 32 months before another shuttle left a launch pad. Within days, NASA concluded two rubber O-rings in Challenger’s right solid rocket booster had failed because temperatures ...

The STS-51L mission was originally targeted for Jan. 23, 1986, but was pushed back because of delays with the Columbia shuttle and STS-61C mission just miles away at Launch Pad 39A. Weather ...

The Rocket City serves as a fitting backdrop for her impressive works, including a detailed space shuttle launch pad. “Well, for this one right here for the space shuttle launch pad, so far ...

(NASA) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – On a cold Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a Kennedy Space Center launch pad. Seventy-three seconds into the launch, the shuttle ...

It was the morning of Jan. 28, the day of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Icicles formed on the launch pad and service tower in the evening and early morning hours on January 28 ...

The descending booster hovered over the launch pad before being gripped by the pair of arms dubbed chopsticks. The thrill of the catch quickly turned into disappointment for not only the company ...

BENGALURU: Isro Thursday said that it has received the green light for the construction of a Third Launch Pad (TLP) at its Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, from the Union Cabinet led by ...

Immediately after the explosion, NASA began working to determine what went wrong and why. It would be 32 months before another shuttle left a launch pad. Within days, NASA concluded two rubber O-rings ...