Suggested by: whatintheactualfeth 3.Flight data during the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986 revealed that it was ...

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

It was 1986, Christmas was just around the corner, and this was the after-dark view, looking down Newcastle’s main retail ...

McAuliffe was 37 when she was killed, one of the seven crew members aboard the Challenger when the space shuttle broke apart on live TV on Jan. 28, 1986.

Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion**: The tragic explosion of NASA’s Challenger shuttle in 1986 cost not only the lives of ...

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.

Every generation has at least one date shaped by tragedy, whether it’s Dec. 7, 1941, or Nov. 22, 1963, or Sept. 11, 2001.