A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 ...
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.
On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris ...
A new study warns that as more rockets are launched into space, more debris will be left in Earth's orbit, which could result ...
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.
The mid-1980s may feel distant to today’s Northwestern students. But to me, a 22-year-old senior at the Medill School of ...
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.
Looking back at the weather 39 years ago and how it impacted the Challenger launch, leading to one of the most tragic losses ...
Thirty-nine years after the explosion of the shuttle, UB Then looks back at the UB alumnus who was aboard and his lasting ...
New Chairman of Congressional subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Mike Haridopolos says it would be great to see NASA ...
With the last truckload of Columbia wreckage delivered, the accident investigation board looked over the broken and charred remains of the space shuttle Saturday, paying especially close attention ...