This January, NHPR marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle disaster with a multi-part series honoring the life, ...

This January marks 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, a moment that forever changed the nation and deeply ...

One of the joys of living in “flyover country” is the annual state fair. It is a mix of traveling circus, amusement park, ...

Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger knows it was a national tragedy. But dig a little deeper, and it's even more heartbreaking.

On June 28, 1983, Sally Ride became the first female in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. In September 1983, NASA announced that Anna would become the first mother to go into space when she was ...

Neil Armstrong is widely remembered as the commander of Apollo 11, the landmark NASA mission that carried humans to the Moon. On July 20, 1969, he made history as the first person to set foot on the ...

The last two decades of the 20th century were packed with newsworthy events, and some of them coincided with the year of your birth.

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

WACO, Texas — The Texas State Technical College's (TSTC) Challenger Learning Center will host a "Launch and Learn" event on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to bring together learning and ...