A new documentary about teacher Christa McAuliffe focuses more on how she still inspires others and less on her fate aboard ...

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.

Hearing her voice and hearing what she stood for and hearing her be a champion for the field of education, I thought, was ...

The space shuttle Challenger exploded on live TV, 73 seconds after launch, killing Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe and her ...

(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 ...

Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space in 1983 on board the Space Shuttle Challenger. A year later, Collins joined NASA and first flew the Space Shuttle as a pilot in 1995.

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA ...

It is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, a pioneering African-American astronaut who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Dr. McNair came from a low-income background but went on ...

Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may be juggling multiple releases and busy schedules, but the bright young stars managed ...