Sometimes when we reach for the stars, we fall short ... Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident indicated the crew probably survived the fuel tank blast but ultimately died nearly ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

A chart plotting the price of liquified propane, or LP gas, as it is commonly known, shows a fairly level line tracking ...

On this date, Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 ... booster and essentially burned a hole in the external fuel tank, basically making the tank and its liquid fuel contents ...

Hot gases burned through and caused an explosion of the external fuel tank ... NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ... an explosion of the external fuel tank. The Rogers Commission, an ...

National Geographic premiered "SALLY," Cristina Costantini's new documentary about the first U.S. woman in space and her untold love, at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Tuesday (Jan. 28).

On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger ... attachment hardware and external fuel tank. This led to the separation of ...

Militaries are hauling many thousand pounds of cargo and thousands of soldiers each year, so they need massive cargo ...

Everything ends. No matter how much you personally may like something—a restaurant, a TV show, a band, some other popular ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Credit: Blue Origin Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic ... few hours into the flight because of a fuel leak. The company will try again this fall with its Griffin lander.