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 ...

Tragedy forced NASA to evolve. After Columbia burned up on reentry, engineers asked if rescue was possible - while years earlier, Challenger's explosion sparked plans for safer unmanned shuttles.

One pilot was able to make an emergency landing at San Juan after he repeated “mayday” to an air controller three times.

An Ocean County school district has agreed to sell the middle school named for astronaut Christa McAuliffe that permanently closed in June, officials said. The Jackson school board accepted on ...

The federal government says it will purchase six Global 6500 jets to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's remaining ...

A heartbreaking quote from astronaut Christa McAuliffe still hangs in her namesake school as the district struggles to find a ...

He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a ...

ALBUQUERQUE. THAT’S RIGHT ON TIME. AT 17 MINUTES. WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM OVERNIGHT. A GAS EXPLOSION JUST ROCKED THE NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE HOME, DESTROYING THE HOME AND SENDING ONE PERSON TO ...

Newly released video shows the early morning explosion at Piero’s Italian Cuisine last month. Two heavily covered people approach the restaurant, one on foot and one on a scooter in the video released ...

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history. A man is carried through flooded streets on ...

OAKLAND, Maine — State investigators say a propane gas leak likely caused the powerful explosion that leveled a Lakeview Drive home Thursday afternoon, injuring the man inside and scattering debris ...