Space Shuttle Challenger's trage which has affected all of America and South Carolina. And on that flight, Michael Smith, born in South Carolina and Ronald E. McNair, 35 years o a brilliant ...

The Apollo I and space shuttle Challenger and Columbia astronauts were remembered during an annual ceremony at Kennedy Space ...

NASA honored its fallen space explorers during its annual "Day of Remembrance" on Thursday (Jan. 23). The agency held events ...

the space shuttle Challenger explosion in January 1986 and the shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003. "It is an emotional and solemn reminder that we cannot let the decades separate us from ...

An annual memorial was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Every fourth Thursday in January, NASA remembers fallen astronauts.

NASA holds a Day of Remembrance to pay respect to the lives lost while working to further the understanding of space. This includes the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia.

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

Nearly four decades later, a new documentary focuses on how she still inspires others and less on her fate aboard the space shuttle Challenger. "Christa: From Ordinary to Extraordinary" from New ...

The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program. NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies during ...