The space shuttle Challenger cleared the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. The space shuttle Challenger crew died 40 years ago. Front row, from ...

Hawaii’s Ellison Onizuka, from left, is seen in this 1986 photo with fellow Challenger astronauts Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judy Resnick. The space ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

KAPOLEI, Oahu (KHON2) — This coming Wednesday, Jan. 28, will mark the 40-year anniversary of the Challenger explosion, one of the biggest tragedies in NASA history, which killed seven crew members ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Students had a chance to learn about space and honor the legacy of Hawaii’s first astronaut at the University of Hawaii at Hilo for Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day.

BOULDER, Colo. — A residence hall at the University of Colorado Boulder now carries the name of a trailblazing astronaut who once called the campus home. The university officially renamed Williams ...

Crew members of Challenger mission STS-51L gather in the White Room at Pad 39B following the end of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The Challenger crew poses for a photo. From left to right ...

As the nation commemorates the anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster, here in the islands some members of the community have been paying tribute to crew member Ellison Onizuka — who is ...