A soccer ball that survived the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger has completed a long journey — including a trip to the International Space Station — back to the high school ...

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 ...

Soccer Ball Salvaged From Challenger Blast Makes It Into Space After 31 Years A soccer ball that was in the Challenger when it exploded is now in space.

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. The miracle ball was ...

A soccer ball recovered from the Challenger disaster has been transported to the International Space Station.

Three decades after Challenger, a soccer ball finally reaches space As ever, the world spins, time passes, and things come back around.

HOUSTON — A soccer ball is now in orbit 31 years after it was salvaged from the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

A soccer ball salvaged from a NASA challenger shuttle explosion finally makes its way to space 31 years later.

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.

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 ...

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 soccer ball salvaged from a NASA challenger shuttle explosion finally makes its way to space 31 years later.