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 ...

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

During its July 26, 2005, launch, cameras captured a large piece of foam falling from space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank.

As NASA continues to investigate the terrible loss of Columbia and its crew, the significance of previous warnings that cost saving efforts at NASA could impair the safety of shuttle missions are ...

A string of NASA emails released on Wednesday reveal an intense internal debate over the consequences of potential damage on the space shuttle Columbia’s left wing up until the day before the shuttle ...