The shuttle launches were a beacon to many worldwide for optimism in science, so Challenger's loss was both national disaster and a blow to the space programme. This wasn't America's first space ...

Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded ... videos several years after the shuttle disaster. Her lost lessons are now available ...

War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment has apologized after using the explosion from the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in key art for the World War 2 massively multiplayer online game.