It was so cold on the night of Jan. 27, 1986, that officials at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center feared the water pipes on the space shuttle launchpad would freeze. To protect the plumbing, they ...

If you're visiting Florida, there's no reason why you shouldn't find the time to add the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ...

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 Cente… ...

But for the residents of Brevard County, Florida, home to Kennedy Space Center, the Challenger explosion was personal. ... 2011, when Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – 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 ...

The American flag in the press site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida flies at half-mast on Jan. 28, 1986, following the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.The disaster — which claimed the lives of ...

The space shuttle is back. Discovery stands waiting on launchpad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. It has taken more than two ...

Acting Kennedy Space Center Director Kelvin Manning speaks while Thad Altman, president and CEO of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation looks on, during a ceremony marking the NASA Day of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all aboard. Among the seven crew members was Christa ...

Look Back: Space shuttle Challenger explodes Jan. 28, 1986 The remnant is more than 15 feet by 15 feet; it’s likely bigger because part of it is covered with sand.