Jan. 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the disaster. The post Framingham State remembers alum Christa McAuliffe on anniversary of Challenger explosion appeared first on Boston.com.

Forty years after the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff, the disaster remains one of the most consequential tragedies in U.S. spaceflight history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke billows in the sky above the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion, a devastating incident that occurred on Jan. 28, 1986, after the ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- The worlds of science and education come together at the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana, which honors the legacy of the "Challenger seven," while inspiring ...

In 1985, NASA chose Christa McAuliffe, a Framingham native and high school teacher in Concord, New Hampshire, to be the first civilian to go into space. McAuliffe died the following year onboard the ...

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WASHINGTON — Wednesday marks 40 years since the NASA Challenger space shuttle exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing everyone aboard. Jan. 28, 1986, began a day filled with hope and ...