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.

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In 1986 he somewhat reluctantly agreed to join the Rogers Commission, whose task was to investigate the Challenger disaster. The space shuttle Challenger had exploded a little more than a minute ...

Farrah Hayes, a third-generation educator, has been at Gadsden State since 2015, most recently as dean of Academic Programs ...

That sunny morning, the entire state and a generation of schoolchildren watched as a ceiling that seemed so unlimited was ...

When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven astronauts, including the first teacher in space ...

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 ...

who was chosen to go into space in 1986 and teach a class on board the Challenger space shuttle. She and her fellow crew ...

New documentary "Christa," on New Hampshire PBS looks at the life and legacy of Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher selected ...

(This practice mostly ceased after the Challenger shuttle explosion of 1986, after which the military shifted to expendable rockets.) NASA focussed on reducing space costs, while the Soviet Union ...