The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Thirty years ago, as the nation mourned the loss of seven astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger, Bob Ebeling was steeped in his own deep grief. The night before the launch, Ebeling and four other ...

The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion strengthened Nancy Currie-Gregg's resolve to become an astronaut. Currie-Gregg was selected as an astronaut in 1990 and completed four space missions before ...