Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 28th January 1986: An abstract smoke pattern after the space shuttle Challenger explosion, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Dave ...

A personal reflection on space exploration, from Apollo to Artemis II, highlights triumphs, tragedies and human resilience.

The Space Launch Systems rocket will launch Artemis II in April, using tech that would be familiar to space enthusiasts and historians. (Copyright 2026 by WKMG ...

The four crew members of NASA's Artemis II moon mission returned to Earth Friday evening, splashing down safely in the ...

If the pending Artemis II mission is successful, it will not just send Americans around the moon and back for the first time in more than half a century—it will send them further than any human being ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the first educator ...

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: ...

Payload specialists in training for STS-51L take a break in shuttle emergency egress training in 1986. Left to right: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan. McAuliffe was selected as ...

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County. Share your story idea with Tod. Joyous anticipation. That’s probably the best way to describe the feeling 40 years ago, ...

But the bones of the operation have not changed, said Judd Frieling, one of the Artemis II flight directors, who spoke from ...

April 12th holds significant weight in American history. It witnessed the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861.