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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

NASA developed space shuttles to make more routine trips back and forth between the earth’s surface and Low Earth Orbit. NASA built six space shuttles, the first one launching in 1981 and the last one ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

Main engine exhaust, solid rocket booster plume and an expanding ball of gas from the external tank is visible seconds after the space shuttle Challenger accident on Jan. 28, 1986. "Flight controllers ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. All seven crewmembers on board were killed, including the first teacher to go into space. The disaster was one of the ...

Earlier this month, NASA successfully evacuated four crew members from the International Space Station following a medical emergency. The four astronauts — two from the United States, one from Japan ...

HOUSTON — Forty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members aboard in a tragedy that shocked the nation and reshaped NASA's approach to ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...