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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.