Mr. Beat tells the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which shook NASA and the country as a whole as the first ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center ...

The Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff, killing seven people. The disaster took place decades ago and was not caused by a virus. Nonetheless, it holds lessons for how we can make ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Challenger shuttle crew: (back, L-R) Ellison S Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis and Judy Resnick. (Front, L-R) Mike ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monument to Ronald McNair, an astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger disaster, stands in his hometown of Lake City, South ...

A flag that survived the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986 will be permanently displayed at the Challenger Learning Center in Colorado Springs, offering visitors a tangible connection to one ...