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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...