Ohio native Judith Resnik was a mission specialist on the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded shortly after ...
The Akron native was among seven astronauts lost in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Decades later, her ...
The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy ...
Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second American woman in space.
The Challenger wasn’t the nation’s first space tragedy. Reaching for the stars comes with a cost. But this was the first spaceship to break apart on live television, exploding before our very eyes -- ...
It’s the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Seven astronauts, including Akron native Judith A. Resnik, were killed ...
Forty years ago, Americans were shocked when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after it launched on a chilly ...
Four decades after Challenger, the disaster’s lessons continue to guide how humanity explores space responsibly.
NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...
Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.
How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger ...
It’s been 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was a day the nation slowly realized something had ...