The anniversary of the Challenger disaster marks a cold reminder of risk and management failure along with the role weather played in the deadly flight.

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Rep. James Lomax said he has secured a $10,000 grant for Huntsville City Schools to help install security devices at ...

The Challenger disaster, which occurred on January 28, 1986, remains one of the most heartbreaking events in space exploration. The tragedy was caused by a failure in the shuttle’s solid rocket ...

The mid-1980s may feel distant to today’s Northwestern students. But to me, a 22-year-old senior at the Medill School of ...

A north Alabama lawmaker secured a $10,000 grant to boost school security in Huntsville City Schools after last week's gun incident at Challenger Elementary.

The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion was one of those moments in history that you will always remember where you were. One Whitehall resident watched the launch from his Florida home.

NASA recently paid tribute to the Challenger crew and other fallen astronauts during its annual Day of Remembrance.

Beloved Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian teacher ever chosen for a space mission, was one of seven crew members killed in the disaster.

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.

The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after the launch with a terrible mid-air explosion on Jan.