Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
It was inherently risky, and space exploration continues to be so,” FSU history professor Ronald Doel said, referring to the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site last Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida State University history professor Ronald Doel vividly remembers what he describes as the “deeply emotional moment” of the ...