The day I watched a rocket explode over the ocean 40 years ago

It’s been 40 years since the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger launch.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...
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‘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 ...
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Space Accidents Fast Facts

Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...
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‘Until something bad happens’: NASA’s systemic failures and the change that resulted from them

NASA's tributes to fallen astronauts serve as reminders of the importance of safety in space exploration, as do tributes to ...