I find it hard to believe that it's now been 40 years since this nation witnessed a horrific tragedy that led to a three-year pause in humanity's quest to explore the cosmos. It happened Jan. 28, 1986 ...

Ad astra per aspera” is an ancient Latin phrase meaning “to the stars through hardships.” Forty years ago, the harrowing hardships of questing for the stars were seen in cold Florida skies when the ...

Crew members on NASA's STS-51L mission -- the final flight of the space shuttle Challenger -- pictured in the back ...

As our city worked to recover from the effects of severe weather, we passed the 40-year anniversary of a major moment in ...

For astronauts, coming back to Earth is one of the most dangerous parts of any mission. A new research facility addresses ...

The Challenger wasn’t the nation’s first space tragedy. Reaching for the stars comes with a cost. But this was the first spaceship to break apart on live television, exploding before our very eyes -- ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were ...

A good teacher holds a special place […] ...

Forty years on, the Challenger disaster remains a case study in what happens when organizations fail to allow for dissent and ...

LUMBERTON — As this week marked the 40th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, one local man recalls a connection to astronaut Ronald McNair, who was killed in the tragedy.

Prelude: It was bitterly cold in Washington for Reagan’s scheduled State of the Union address. But it wasn't the weather that intervened. Instead, the annual event was postponed by a tragedy that ...

Discover how human spaceflight began and why it matters for our lives today! Explore NASA, the Cold War space race, astronaut training, and the impact of seeing Earth from space. In this episode of ...