Seven astronauts died when NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry on 1 February 2003, with the crew unaware of the danger until their final moments ...

When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering ...

When NASA’s Space Launch System fires its engines for the second time in history, it will be flying because of more than 14,000 Coloradans. It will carry four astronauts, three Americans and one ...

José Hernández, the first migrant farm worker to become an astronaut, visited Hollister to promote literacy and inspire ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. All seven crew members on board were killed. The disaster was one of the most significant events in NASA history, ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as ...

Forty years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, the legacy of Concord teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe ...

The Artemis II mission that will take a crew of astronauts around the moon and back to Earth is expected to launch no earlier ...

As NASA prepares for the wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis II moon rocket and capsule, many are noticing similarities ...

Dave Reynolds was in second grade at Lakeview Elementary in Roy, Utah, on January 28, 1986, when his teacher wheeled in a TV ...

Steve Hawley, who flew five Space Shuttle missions, and Krista Schaffer, a first-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe ...

For example, the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana, described on its website as the only Challenger Learning Center in the state, has simulated missions and hands-on STEM programs that ...