The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

NASA is preparing to launch four astronauts on a lunar fly-around on Wednesday in humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972. As anticipation mounts, some Americans are feeling anxious due to the ...

Buried in the official Columbia accident investigation report was a chilling contingency plan, a desperate race to launch ...

EDWARDS, Calif. — If NASA’s colossal new moon rocket, slated to launch with astronauts for the first time as soon as tomorrow, explodes on the pad or breaks up as it accelerates through the atmosphere ...