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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

London is seen from the ISS via Sen’s onboard 4k cameras. (Credit: Sen) ...