For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
The mid-1980s may feel distant to today’s Northwestern students. But to me, a 22-year-old senior at the Medill School of ...
Beloved Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian teacher ever chosen for a space mission, was one of seven crew members killed in the disaster.
Looking back at the weather 39 years ago and how it impacted the Challenger launch, leading to one of the most tragic losses ...
As we reflect on the Challenger mission, 39 years later we want to know, what memories do you have of the shuttle, its crew, ...
Thirty-nine years after the explosion of the shuttle, UB Then looks back at the UB alumnus who was aboard and his lasting ...
29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia ...