HOUSTON (CNN) — NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the ...
On this day 40 years ago, a generation of schoolchildren learned that the future can break your heart. That morning, television carts had been rolled into classrooms and assemblies across the country.
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40 years later, a look at the Challenger disaster
ABC News’ Transportation Correspondent Gio Benitez reports on Adam Higginbotham’s book “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” 40 years after the space shuttle tragedy.
Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members aboard. The disaster occurred at what was then the pinnacle of the U.S.
NEW HAMPSHIRE TEACHER WHO WAS PART OF THAT SPACE PROGRAM. I’M ROGER WOOD WITH YOUR NEWS UPDATE. ROGER WOOD IS STILL DOING WHAT HE’S ALWAYS DONE TELLING STORIES. I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF I ...
WASHINGTON — Wednesday marks 40 years since the NASA Challenger space shuttle exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing everyone aboard. Jan. 28, 1986, began a day filled with hope and ...
Earlier this month, NASA successfully evacuated four crew members from the International Space Station following a medical emergency. The four astronauts — two from the United States, one from Japan ...
Though the Challenger disaster brought an end to Teacher in Space, educators in the years since have found other paths to orbit. Barbara Morgan, an elementary school teacher who had trained as ...
Spectators in the VIP area at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, watch as the space shuttle Challenger lifts off Jan. 28, 1986. The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch. (Bruce ...
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