NASA's Day of Remembrance honours astronauts who died during Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger, and Space Shuttle Columbia missions. Observed on the ...
"This design presents an image of a NASA space shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Smoke from the solid rocket boosters fills the lower edges of the ...
WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion ... cold temperatures on launch day. The tragedy led to a comprehensive overhaul of NASA's safety culture and ...
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle ... months before another shuttle left a launch pad. Within days, NASA concluded two rubber ...
had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in the space shuttle program as NASA worked to redesign the spacecraft to prevent ...