Upon the Challenger disaster in Jan. 1986, recovery operations went into immediate effect. Over the course of 12 weeks, those involved searched for remains and pieces of the Challenger.

Author Adam Higginbotham joins John Williams to discuss his book, ‘Challenger:A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the ...

Thirty years ago Thursday, a little more than a minute after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke into pieces. All seven astronauts on board were ...

The Challenger Disaster and Its Lessons for Today Thirty-five years after the tragedy, we still struggle to assess complicated risks, while recalling Reagan’s admonition that the future ...

Millions of viewers were horrified to witness the Challenger space shuttle explode just seconds after take-off on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven crew members on board. Take a look back at how the… ...

The Challenger space shuttle disaster darkened America's space aspirations and defined a generation when it exploded after taking off Jan. 28, 1986. The images we recall are as vivid today as they ...

Much like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, or the morning of September 11, 2001, most Americans remember where they were when they heard the news of the Challenger disaster. It was ...

"The Challenger Disaster" feels at times like an actual thriller, but that isn't only because of James Hawes' well-paced direction; it's also because the real story has elements of a thriller.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 a… ...

What the Challenger Disaster Proved. By Emma Sarappo. We take the workings of wide, complicated technological systems on faith. But they depend on people—and, sometimes, people fail.

The Challenger Disaster makes it clear early on that NASA is in full-on protection mode and paints the head of the Presidential Commission, William Rogers (Brian Dennehy), as wanting everybody on ...

This image released by Netflix shows Challenger 7 on the launchpad in a scene from “Challenger: The Final Flight.” The four-part series about the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster ...