Forty years ago, a space shuttle exploded. A teacher and her crewmates lost their lives. A generation of schoolchildren watched it happen live. I was one of them. I was 10 when the Challenger ascended ...

It's been decades since Christa McAuliffe died in the Challenger explosion, before she could become America's first teacher ...

Christa McAuliffe, a teacher at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire, was selected by NASA to be the first teacher to go into space aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger. Forty years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion, a devastating incident that occurred on Jan. 28, 1986, after the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WKBN) – Many images are etched into the memory of our nation throughout its history. On January 28, 1986 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Jan. 28, 1986, Tanna Nicely joined millions of Americans watching social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe lift off aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger." 73 seconds later, the ...

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle exploded over Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members. Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school teacher from New Hampshire, was one of ...

I wasn’t even two years old when the worst tragedy in the U.S. Space Program took place. In January of 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger suddenly exploded 73 seconds after blastoff.

Five astronauts and two payload specialists make up the STS 51-L crew, scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in January of 1986. Crewmembers are (left to right, front row) astronauts ...

A statue of Christa McAuliffe resides in Charleston, West Virginia, where students collected over one million pennies to raise the funds to build this tribute to the Teacher in Space. Credit: ...

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A La Jolla High School teacher who was a finalist for the Teacher in Space program reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster and how the tragedy shaped her mission ...