A generation of schoolchildren in New Hampshire grew up believing that our capacity to do the extraordinary knew no limits.

Twenty-five names are carved into the black mirror-finished granite: the Challenger seven, the seven who perished in the ...

NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday to commemorate the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 and space shuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard from any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew ...

For 73 seconds, a crowd of excited Americans looked to the sky in wonder and awe as they waved goodbye to the crew aboard ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...

A flag that survived the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986 will be permanently displayed at the Challenger Learning Center in Colorado Springs, offering visitors a tangible connection to one ...

NASA says private-sector spaceships will have to satisfy safety standards that the space shuttle can’t meet — and the companies building those spaceships say they'll rise to the challenge. Friday's ...

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 ...