Astronaut Had a Close Call Before His Friends Died in the Challenger Explosion. What He Remembers (Exclusive)

Just one day before the Challenger space shuttle exploded over a minute after lift off on Jan. 28, 1986, Terry Hart received ...

40 years after the Challenger disaster, a key part of the mission continues

NASA’s 1986 Challenger mission was intended to inspire students to consider a future in space. The crew’s family is ...
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Thank You Sunita Williams, You Made Indian Kids Dream of Reaching for the Stars

The second Indian-origin American woman to ever fly to space had just safely returned home. Williams was the talk of the town. Miles away from the point of impact, Suni’s landing sparked a new hope in ...
Concord Monitor

Forty years later, NASA and those who knew Christa McAuliffe still ‘mourn the loss of our friends’

At NASA's Day of Remembrance, Christa McAuliffe, the Teacher in Space, and the other six members of the Challenger crew were ...

She was supposed to be the first teacher in space. 40 years later, her mission continues

NASA’s 1986 Challenger mission was intended to inspire students to consider a future in space. The crew’s family is ...
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Joyous anticipation to tragedy: KC-area astronaut, teacher reflect on 40th anniversary of Challenger disaster

Steve Hawley, who flew five Space Shuttle missions, and Krista Schaffer, a first-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe ...

Survivors juggle sorrow, hope on NASA’s day remembering Challenger, Columbia, Apollo 1

The crews of Space Shuttle Challenger, Columbia and Apollo 1 were honored at Kennedy Space Center during NASA’s Day of ...

NASA’s Giant Rocket Completes Slow Roll Toward Artemis II Moon Voyage

The Space Launch System and Orion capsule were transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as ...
Concord Monitor

Frozen in time: Remembering the Challenger disaster and Concord’s Christa McAuliffe

Read about the tragic Challenger space shuttle disaster and the story of Christa McAuliffe, a teacher who dreamed of going to ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 returns to Earth ahead of schedule after medical concern onboard ISS

NASA said the four crew members returned to Earth early Thursday after one of them experienced a medical situation on the ...
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Why the Challenger disaster haunts the collective memory

If you weren't around in 1986, the significance of the Challenger disaster in the collective memory of your elders may elude ...

NASA’s giant SLS rocket completes slow roll towards Artemis II moon voyage

FLORIDA - NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman said on the morning of Jan 17 that a few days earlier, he looked up and saw the ...