Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch. One of those seven astronauts was Christa McAuliffe.

An earlier version of this obituary referred incorrectly to Christa McAuliffe, one of the astronauts killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. She was to be the first American ...

After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...

While terrifying, there's an overlooked NASA spacewalk which looks equally terrifying to untrained Earth-dwellers. In 1984, ...

It was announced that the Twilight actress would be playing astronaut Sally Ride in a new limited TV series called The Challenger, based on the 2022 Meredith Bagby book, The New Guys: The Historic ...

More than 600 people who have launched into space. Only 100 have been women. Here are those who made milestones with their treks.

NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have ...

On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history as the first American woman to journey into space, soaring aboard the shuttle ...

Sadly, two Black astronauts died in NASA programs — Ronald McNair, who first flew in 1984 and then perished in the Challenger disaster in 1986, and Michael P. Anderson, who died in the ...

Dr. Farrah Hayes, executive director of the future Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, shared a glimpse into the center’s space-themed STEM programs and its profound impact on local ...