In the July 2003 issue of Astronomy, Bob Berman describes some of the space age’s failures, from the tragic loss of the shuttles Columbia and Challenger to the nearly catastrophic Apollo 13 mission.

Do you have any idea how much of the space shuttle Challenger is still lost in the ocean? The disaster of this infamous mission was an unthinkable tragedy, but behind the headlines, there's a deeper ...

Global Space and Satellite Forum(GSSF) in Abu Dhabi to host United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) of the United Nations Office ...

With satellite mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink deploying thousands of spacecraft, monitoring their health has become an enormous challenge. Traditional methods can’t easily scale to handle ...

If you are of a certain age, you probably recall where you were when you heard the news. That morning, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters is seen in Washington D.C. Editor at Large On July 21—the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon walk—287 current or former NASA ...

Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...