A day of tragedy for the space shuttle over Florida. See original live coverage

On Jan. 28, 1986, America witnessed a tragedy: the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger in the blue skies over Florida. The ...
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Seattle author shares space shuttle landing camaraderie in photographs

SEATTLE — Hoping to be a part of history thousands of people continuously returned to the Mojave Desert in Mojave to watch space shuttle landings. During the 1980s, photographer and author Ted ...

Tyler doctor who captured space Shuttle Columbia breaking up calls experience humbling, sad

A Tyler doctor’s photo landed him in the history books when he captured one of our nation’s tragedies.
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A New Book Explains the Delay in Hiring Women as Astronauts

Find out how NASA’s astronaut selection process has evolved. Diane Tedeschi Marsha Ivins (at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in 1995) flew on five space shuttle missions, logging more than 1,300 ...
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East Texas marks 22 years since space shuttle Columbia tragedy

HEMPHILL, Texas (KTRE) - It’s been 22 years since space shuttle Columbia broke apart across the skies of East Texas. Many gathered at the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum in Hemphill to remember ...