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 ...
Space.com

40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff while carrying seven people, including "Teacher in Space" participant Christa McAuliffe. Nobody survived the launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from NASA's Kennedy ...
Yahoo

'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago

For millions of Americans, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11. On that chilly January day in 1986, ...
USA Today

'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...