Looking back on the Space Shuttle Challenger, 40 years later

Wednesday marks 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. On Jan. 28, 1986, the Challenger took off from the ...

Astronaut Had a Close Call Before His Friends Died in the Challenger Explosion. What He Remembers (Exclusive)

Former astronaut and professor Terry Hart is opening up 40 years later about the friends and colleagues he lost on board the ...

Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...
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After Challenger, NASA’s plan for an uncrewed super shuttle and why Shuttle C never flew

In the aftermath of the Challenger disaster, NASA quietly explored Shuttle C, an uncrewed heavy lift vehicle built from Space Shuttle hardware to carry massive cargo into orbit. On paper it promised ...