Dover Air Force Base is tied to many major events and missions in American history. Learn about its use and recent connections to national events.
CU Boulder has renamed Williams Village East residence hall after astronaut and alum Ellison Onizuka, who died in the 1986 ...
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 5PM Zoom Webinar. Open discussion of the Challenger Disaster to reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy.
A letter to the editor compares the Jeffrey Epstein affair to the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The author argues that Epstein's criminality was ignored for decades, similar to how a known O ...
When astronaut Judith Resnik returned to visit friends and family in Akron, she would often stop at her alma mater, Firestone High School, to speak with students and visit her favorite teachers. One ...
On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into... Lessons and failures from the Challenger space shuttle ...
On Jan. 28, 1986, the 25th space shuttle mission Challenger left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as millions of ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Jan. 28, 1986, Tanna Nicely joined millions of Americans watching social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe lift off aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger." 73 seconds later, the ...