The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion has died ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle ... of Jan. 28, 1986, Floridians saw the familiar plume from the launch fork off in two ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

Classrooms across America watched the launch. The shuttle was supposed ... USA TODAY's page one with the Challenger space shuttle explosion on Jan. 29, 1986. Seventeen years after the Challenger ...

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly ... had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in the space ...

On a cold Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a Kennedy Space Center launch pad. Seventy-three seconds into the launch, the shuttle broke apart, killing the seven ...

Approximately a minute, half after launch from here at the Kennedy Space Center ... targeted for Jan. 23, 1986, but was pushed back because of delays with the Columbia shuttle and STS-61C mission ...