On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

On this date in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff, destroying the orbiter and killing her crew of seven.

Within days, NASA concluded two rubber O-rings in Challenger’s right solid rocket booster had failed because ... caused an explosion of the external fuel tank. The Rogers Commission, an external ...

In conjunction with its satellite program, KARI also began experiments in sounding-rocket technology in the 1990s. By the late 1990s, however, these solid-fuel boosters had reached altitudes of ...

The European Space Agency will begin testing the P160 solid-fuel booster in March 2025, European Spaceflight reports. The booster, which is to be strapped onto the Ariane 6 rocket, will replace ...

The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" was likely caused by a propellant leak, Elon Musk said, and was captured on video by spectators on the ground.

SpaceX is already known to keep a “garden” of rockets at its facilities in South Texas. At any given time, the area can be seen strewn with Starships and Super Heavy boosters. On Thursday ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...