Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster: 5 Key Things To Know About The 1986 Tragedy The new Netflix docuseries, 'Challenger: The Final Flight,' explores the 1986 Challenger space shuttle that broke ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy ...

Editor’s note: Reporter Kevin Spear was part of the Orlando Sentinel’s coverage team for the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, which occurred 20 years ago this week on Feb. 1, 2003. He o… ...

A guest places a flower during the Day of Remembrance ceremony, honoring the seven astronauts killed in the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster, at the Space Mirror Memorial during a 35th anniversary ...

Hundreds of people in Florida and millions watching on live television witnessed the space shuttle Challenger break apart in a mid-air explosion 34 years ago Tuesday, killing everyone on board.

The ceremony highlighted the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 for the 20th anniversary of the mission disaster that killed seven astronauts on Feb. 1, 2003.

Exactly 20 people have died during space missions since 1961 - when it all began - including the 14 who lost their lives the Space Shuttle disasters of 1986 and 2003.

The chilly morning of Jan. 28, 1986, ended in disaster as the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart off the coast of Florida in one of the worst tragedies in the history of NASA.

NASA says that a piece of the Challenger Space Shuttle has been discovered off the East coast of Florida, 36 years after the disaster.

'Gravity' leads audiences on a gripping adventure following a space shuttle disaster. But real-life dangers and disasters have haunted space travel from the beginning.