Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Challenger space shuttle took off on Jan. 28, 1986. Seventy-three seconds later, the mission ended in an explosion and a ...

Christa McAuliffe, a teacher at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire, was selected by NASA to be the first teacher to go into space aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger. Forty years ...

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A Boynton Beach middle school is honoring an astronaut who lost her life 40 years ago in the Challenger space shuttle explosion. Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Boynton Beach ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the shuttle’s fuel tank exploded and the shuttle broke apart ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Jan. 28, 1986, Tanna Nicely joined millions of Americans watching social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe lift off aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger." 73 seconds later, the ...

In 1985, NASA chose Christa McAuliffe, a Framingham native and high school teacher in Concord, New Hampshire, to be the first civilian to go into space. McAuliffe died the following year onboard the ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, America witnessed a tragedy: the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger in the blue skies over Florida. The doomed shuttle touched us like we have never been touched before because ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. [ Read more trending news ] ...

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County. Share your story idea with Tod. Joyous anticipation. That’s probably the best way to describe the feeling 40 years ago, ...

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle exploded over Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members. Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school teacher from New Hampshire, was one of ...