The STS-51L mission was originally targeted for ... memorializing the seven astronauts lost in the Challenger disaster and the seven others who would be lost in the Columbia disaster on Feb ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L mission was expected to deploy ... Schoolchildren around the country watched the launch, and the disaster, from their classrooms. The Challenger crew is ...

After that flight, Allen watched reruns of the Challenger disaster on the news ... 900 hours in space piloting two shuttle missions (STS-46 on Atlantis in 1992 and STS-62 on Columbia in 1994 ...

Further strikes were suspected after the STS-135 launch ... record – there were 24 successful launches before the Challenger disaster and a further 87 successful launches through the ...

Far ahead of the launch of STS-51L Mission ... The impact on the nation and NASA in particular of the Challenger disaster is hard to understate. Not only had it lost some of the most talented ...

A new book details the errors that went into the disaster that doomed the ... McAuliffe and her six crewmates on mission STS-51-L were dead, after Challenger exploded 73 seconds into flight.

Here is a look back at the Challenger disaster: The Challenger, officially STS-51L, was readied for launch on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. The launch had been delayed several times, and NASA ...

Sunday marks the 38th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion, a disaster that killed seven ... tank.Some of the objectives of Mission STS-51L included the "Comet Halley Active ...