A stunning discovery has been made 36 years after the Challenger space shuttle disaster. NASA officials tell ABC13 that a 20-foot segment of the shuttle was discovered and recovered by divers off ...

The Challenger space shuttle tragedy, which occurred Jan. 28, 1986, changed the world and NASA forever. HollywoodLife is taking a look back at one of the most tragic events in U.S. history.

The space shuttle Challenger meets disaster just 73 seconds into launch. Image: NASA An investigation later determined a design flaw and cold weather led to the accident.

The ceremony highlighted the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 for the 20th anniversary of the mission disaster that killed seven astronauts on Feb. 1, 2003. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) ...

The shuttle fleet was grounded for two and a half years and it sparked a major shift in American space flights. In 2004, president George W. Bush announced that the eye-wateringly expensive ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ahead of the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space ...

Exactly 20 people have died during space missions since 1961 - when it all began - including the 14 who lost their lives the Space Shuttle disasters of 1986 and 2003.

Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 16, 2003. The mission would be the shuttle’s last, as the orbiter disintegrated upon re-entry 16 days ...

Retired shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach delivers remarks during the Day of Remembrance ceremony, honoring the seven astronauts killed in the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster, at the Space ...

Columbia space shuttle disaster: Seventeen years after the Challenger tragedy, the shuttle program suffered another loss when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003 ...

UPDATED: January 31, 2020 at 9:53 PM EST On Feb. 1, 2003, following the 16-day STS-107 microgravity research mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.