On this day in 1986, we lost the Space Shuttle Challenger and its beloved crew. Today, and every day, we remember Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Judith ...

Nearly four decades have passed since the nation watched the space shuttle Challenger tragedy unfold on January 28, 1986. While the loss of the STS-51L crew was a dark moment in history, their ...

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Ronald McNair completed a 1-year training and evaluation period in August 1979, qualifying him for assignment as a mission specialist ...

Five astronauts and two payload specialists make up the STS 51-L crew, scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in January of 1986. Crewmembers are (left to right, front row) astronauts ...

Challenger Center, a leading nonprofit science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education organization continues its work to carry on the education mission of the Challenger STS-51L crew more ...

South Carolina native Ronald McNair was the second African-American to go into space, and was part of the STS-51L crew that died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off on ...

The flags and patches were found the next day, floating in the Atlantic Ocean, among the debris from the fallen space shuttle Challenger. The nylon banners and embroidered emblems, packaged in ...

Thirty years ago this weekend, after a two and a half year stand down and an extremely difficult external- and self-examination of a lack of safety within the program, NASA succeeded in returning the ...