On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in ...

On February 1, 2003, the world lost Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six other crew members aboard the Space ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

Chinese astronauts have just created rocket fuel and oxygen in space using a new type of "artificial photosynthesis." The breakthrough technology, which used fairly basic equipment and minimal energy, ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia ... an explosion of the external fuel tank. The Rogers Commission, an external ...

At 5 p.m., President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the ...

On this day in history, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all seven inside. On Jan. 28, 1986, an explosion took place 73 seconds into the flight of the Challenger space shuttle. Billions ...

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.

A statement from the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident indicated the crew probably survived the fuel tank blast but ultimately died nearly three minutes later when ...

On this date, Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded just ... booster and essentially burned a hole in the external fuel tank, basically making the tank and its liquid fuel contents ...