Lucas was director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville when the Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, just 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the deadliest U.S ...

The X-38—had it gone operational—would not have been the first reusable spacecraft. But it helped lay the groundwork for ...

John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle ... The flight was the shuttle program’s 25th mission and the first time a civilian ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

1998 Andrea Bocelli makes his operatic debut as Rodolfo in “La bohème” at the Teatro Comunale in Cagliari. 1980 Pierre ...

I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle ... television.For the first minute or so, the ...

February 18th has been a significant date throughout history, marking a variety of events that have shaped the world. In a ...

On that chilly January day in 1986, students and teachers across the nation waited in awe and wonder, primed to watch and learn from the first teacher ... The space shuttle flight program came ...

Most folks know this man as the public relations manager for The Museum of Flight, but he also just ... and it became the place where the first Space Shuttle landings were made.

From Cape Canaveral to Mission Control, these awe-inspiring spots should be on every intergalactic aficionado’s must-visit ...

The space shuttle was on its 10th mission and was carrying seven people on board. Millions of Americans, including schoolchildren hoping to see the first teacher in space, witnessed the tragedy on ...