NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Twenty-five names are carved into the black mirror-finished granite: the Challenger seven, the seven who perished in the ...

NASA honors fallen astronauts at annual Day of Remembrance

NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday to commemorate the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 and space shuttle ...

NASA remembers fallen astronauts during Kennedy Space Center memorial ceremony

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster cast a shadow over NASA's annual Day of Remembrance event inside the Space ...
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Forty years later, NASA and those who knew Christa McAuliffe still ‘mourn the loss of our friends’

Bob Foerster understood the risks of the mission had he been selected. In the summer of 1985, six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger launched, all ten finalists for the Teacher in Space ...
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NASA astronaut once stranded in space retires after 27 epic years

Suni Williams spent part of her career waiting in orbit for a troubled spacecraft to be cleared for the trip home. Now, after ...

NASA's Discovery shuttle, launched in Florida, may not move to Houston

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.
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NASA’s Abandoned Shuttle Successor, How Lockheed Martin’s X-33 Was Built, Tested, and Ultimately Cancelled

In the 1990s, NASA and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works pursued a radical reusable spacecraft designed to slash launch costs and replace the Space Shuttle. This deep dive into the X-33 and VentureStar ...