Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crew members on board The ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

The morning of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 40 years ago still remains the coldest Jan. 28 ever on the Treasure ...

The space shuttle's seven crew members died, including one civilian teacher. The tragedy changed the course of NASA's future. On the morning of January 28, 1986, seven crew members were killed when ...

LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - January 28, 1986. The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after lift-off. School teacher, Christa McAuliffe was one of 7 astronauts on board the shuttle. Schools across ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 40 years ago, on Jan. 28, 1986. The disaster was watched live on CNN across the globe and in person by family and friends of the crew and schoolchildren. A ...

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crew members on board The ...