Students learn from NASA ahead of 40 year anniversary of Challenger disaster

This coming Wednesday, Jan. 28, will mark the 40 year anniversary of the Challenger explosion, one of the biggest tragedies ...

40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...
Alabama Public Radio

Alabama's role in NASA’s space shuttle Challenger accident, on its 40th anniversary

This week marks forty years since seven astronauts were killed in the space shuttle Challenger accident in 1986. Families of ...

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

Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty ...

'It's part of his story': Daughter remembers astronaut dad 40 years after Challenger explosion

"I lost my father," Alison Balch said, "but to everyone else, they felt like they lost somebody also." ...
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After Challenger, NASA’s plan for an uncrewed super shuttle and why Shuttle C never flew

In the aftermath of the Challenger disaster, NASA quietly explored Shuttle C, an uncrewed heavy lift vehicle built from Space Shuttle hardware to carry massive cargo into orbit. On paper it promised ...

It's been 40 years since 7 people were killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion off Florida roast

It's been 40 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...
The Press Democrat

NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Twenty-five names are carved into the black mirror-finished granite: the Challenger seven, the seven who perished in the ...
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Students learn from NASA and embark on space simulation ahead of 40 year anniversary of Challenger disaster

This coming Wednesday, Jan. 28, will mark the 40 year anniversary of the Challenger explosion, one of the biggest tragedies in NASA history, which killed seven crew members aboard the space shuttle.
Opinion

Challenger, 40 years on: the space shuttle disaster watched live by millions of children

Nasa’s avoidable tragedy exemplified 1980s overconfidence and haunted a generation, but the allure of space exploration endured ...