A soccer ball that was on the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger has made it to orbit 30 years later, thanks to a shared connection between one of the fallen astronauts and the ...

HOUSTON — A soccer ball that was on the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger has made it to orbit 30 years later, thanks to a shared connection between one of the fallen astronauts ...

The soccer ball that survived the Challenger explosion seen floating in space aboard the International Space Station. (Shane Kimbrough/NASA) A soccer ball that survived the 1986 explosion of the ...

— -- A soccer ball that was taken aboard NASA's ill-fated space shuttle Challenger finally made it into space last week, 31 years after the shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch ...

A soccer ball that was aboard the Challenger shuttle when it exploded in 1986 — and surprisingly found intact amid the wreckage — has finally made its way into space.

Three decades after Challenger, a soccer ball finally reaches space As ever, the world spins, time passes, and things come back around. Eric Berger – Feb 7, 2017 9:00 am | 113 ...

A soccer ball salvaged from a NASA challenger shuttle explosion finally makes its way to space 31 years later. HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle ...

HOUSTON — A soccer ball is now in orbit 31 years after it was salvaged from the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Astronaut Ellison Onizuka, who died in the explosion, brought the ball ...

A soccer ball that was taken aboard NASA's ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger finally made it into space last week, 31 years after the shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch.

A soccer ball retrieved from the wreckage of space shuttle Challenger has made it to orbit more than 30 years later. ... “This ball was on Challenger that fateful day,” Kimbrough wrote.

Ellison Onizuka was one of the seven NASA astronauts who died in the 1986 space shuttle explosion. His daughter's high school soccer team gave him a signed soccer ball to take on the mission.

A signed soccer ball salvaged from a shuttle explosion finally makes it to space 31 years later. 24/7 Live Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast Welcome, Mickey ...