NASA’s 1986 Challenger mission was intended to inspire students to consider a future in space. The crew’s family is continuing their legacy.

The Crew-12 astronauts were already in line to take the Crew-11 quartet's place but had originally been scheduled to overlap with them before their return to Earth. SpaceX and NASA had originally ...

A senior Border Patrol commander and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

The tragic explosion of the Challenger space shuttle killed all 7 spacefarers on board. A pilot for the mission was from ...

Jan. 28, 1986, 7 spacefarers were killed when shuttle Challenger exploded midair after launching from Kennedy Space Center in ...

Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy ...

NASA says a critical prelaunch test known as the wet dress rehearsal — originally scheduled for Feb. 2 — could now take place ...

A launch window is the span of time when a rocket can lift off and still reach its planned target in space. And it's not just at any random time of day. For missions like Artemis II, the rocket has to ...

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