A day of tragedy for the space shuttle over Florida. See original live coverage

On Jan. 28, 1986, America witnessed a tragedy: the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger in the blue skies over Florida. The ...

Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...

Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...

Shuttle Challenger remembered at 40th anniversary of NASA disaster

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the seven astronauts on board.
Morning Overview on MSN

She trained to be 1st teacher in space. 40 years later, her mission lives on

Christa McAuliffe trained to be the first teacher in space, preparing to turn a shuttle cabin into the most-watched classroom in America. Forty years after she and six crewmates died when Challenger ...

Christa McAuliffe's legacy lives on in NH 40 years after Challenger disaster

Beloved New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian teacher ever chosen for a space mission, was one of seven ...

40 years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster changed Central Floridians’ lives

It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had terribly gone wrong.
Concord Monitor

‘Part of our human destiny’: The evolution of space exploration from shuttle to SpaceX

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of space exploration, but was marred by two tragic accidents during the ...