Even in space McAuliffe would be required to teach- NASA made her make up lesson plans to present aboard the Space Shuttle. Space Shuttle? Yes, that’s how she would get to space. Space shuttles are ...

Boston College Sociology Professor Diane Vaughan, author of the book The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA (University of Chicago Press, 1996), sees many ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On February 1, 2003, after spending approximately two weeks in space, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart and disintegrated upon its reentry to ...

A little more than a minute after launch and high above Kennedy Space Center, shuttle Challenger was ripped apart after failure of a rubber seal allowed a spurt of rocket flame to ignite the ...