But just 73 seconds after blast-off, the shuttle burst into flames, leaving a cloud of smoke in the sky before it plummeted into the ocean. Shortly after taking off, the boosters gave off some ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a NASA and ESA project, was launched on April 24, 1990, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The ...

This same stunning disillusionment happened on the morning of January 28, 1986, when the American public watched the Space Shuttle Challenger rise into the sky and then disappear in a cloud of ...

The Challenger disaster was caused by the failure of an O-ring in one of the solid rocket boosters, leading to an explosion just 73 seconds after launch. Who were the crew members of the ...

The patch on the left breast of Ride’s crew jacket had her first and last ... appointed to uncover the cause of the 1986 Challenger disaster and in 2003, on the panel that investigated the ...

A blockchain entrepreneur, a cinematographer, a polar adventurer and a robotics researcher plan to fly around Earth’s poles ...

You can learn more about the Challenger disaster here. Video edited by Gem ... Earth" after touching back down as part of an all-women crew. The flight, carrying celebrities like Katy Perry ...