Students gathered around model space shuttles ... to a a piece of foam that fell from the external rocket tank during launch, which opened a hole in a shuttle wing that caused the craft to ...

I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle ... surface of the external tank and the lower ...

White House ‘Gulf of America’ Fight Don’t Let Other Countries Set U.S. Tax Rates Today is the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion upon takeoff, on January 28 ...

The temperature was predicted to be a record low for a Space Shuttle launch. 9:38 a.m. was the launch time and the temperature then was 26 degrees. Space Shuttle Challenger was about to lift off ...

The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after ... set to be one of the first “civilians” in space. A NASA investigation later found that cold weather and faulty O-rings on the ...

Read full article: INTERACTIVE: The NASA astronauts and employees who died in service to U.S. space exploration January 28th is a Day of Remembrance honoring the lives of the crew and teacher ...

Start by owning your Microsoft apps Freshen your space with this ... protection tiles on the shuttle. This was an important factor, not just for the external tank but on the pad itself.

On this date, Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded just ... the booster and essentially burned a hole in the external fuel tank, basically making the tank and its liquid fuel contents ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle ... from the external rocket tank during launch, which opened a hole in a shuttle wing ...

On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission ... the structural failure of the external tank. Aerodynamic forces broke up the orbiter. A picture of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew ...

Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986.New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was one of the ...