On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space. The accident instantly killed all seven astronauts on board. This was ...
Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty years ago ...
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...
Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...
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The program featured Capt. Robert “Hoot” Gibson, a veteran NASA astronaut who flew five space shuttle missions, including aboard Challenger, Columbia, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
On this 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Mary Munsey reflects back on that historic day. She shares the story of how she was moved to write a song that day called "Tragedy." ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space.
Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty years ago Space Shuttle Challenger climbed into the clear amid blue skies over ...
Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty years ago Space Shuttle Challenger climbed into the clear amid blue skies over ...