Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

Ohio native Judith Resnik was a mission specialist on the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded shortly after launch on Jan. 29, 1986.

It’s the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Seven astronauts, including Akron native Judith A. Resnik, were killed ...

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 -- ...

It's been 40 years since the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff Jan. 28, 1986, in Florida, killing all seven people on board. One of those who died was Akron's own Judith Resnik, ...

Four decades after Challenger, the disaster’s lessons continue to guide how humanity explores space responsibly.

The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy ...

On the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, we remember the seven astronauts who lost their lives—Francis “Dick” Scobee, Michael Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WKRC) - On January 28, 1986, seven American heroes lost their lives in the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. NASA said that the seven "gave their lives in pursuit of ...