Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger knows it was a national tragedy. But dig a little deeper, and it's even more heartbreaking.
"Christa" will look at the life of McAuliffe, from her time as a teacher in New Hampshire to selection for the infamous Space Shuttle Challenger mission to her legacy. McAuliffe and the Challenger ...
The telescope's original October 1986 launch was scrapped after the loss of the space shuttle Challenger. When the telescope finally became operational in 1990, it began to return unprecedented ...