Editor's note: This essay was originally published on January 28, 2006, on the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Twenty years ago this week, people born after the ...

NEW YORK — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, just seconds after liftoff. Schoolchildren across the ...

Tuesday is the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986. New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was among the crew members ...

WASHINGTON (January 28, 2014) – Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Challenger Center) and its network of more than 40 Challenger Learning Centers around the globe will commemorate the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Families of the lost ...

(NBC NEWS/AP) – Today marks the 35th anniversary of the deadly space shuttle Challenger accident. On January 28, 1986, Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral with seven astronauts, including ...

I don't know exactly how the space shuttle Challenger disaster found that niche, but it's true. If you ask someone born in the 1960s or '70s what they were doing when they heard about the Challenger, ...