Minute By Minute explores the story of STS-51-L, the Challenger disaster. A launch witnessed by millions becomes a tragic ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

It was Jan. 28, 1986, when seven crew members loaded onto the Challenger space shuttle on Florida's Space Coast, with plans to head to space. Instead, the shuttle exploded minutes after launching – ...

The shuttle had no escape system, so the crew remained trapped inside. Americans back on the surface watched in horror after witnessing what looked like an explosion, and as major chunks of the ...