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

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The X-38—had it gone operational—would not have been the first reusable spacecraft. But it helped lay the groundwork for ...

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 ...

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. 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 Challenger.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

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 ...

After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.

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 ...

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 space shuttle Challenger explosion in January 1986 and the shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003. "It is an emotional and solemn reminder that we cannot let the decades separate us from ...