'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago
For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.
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'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago
It was so cold that morning that Thompson said she stayed inside ... NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center. Seventeen years after ...
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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The Insane Engineering of Re-Entry
Re-entering Earth's atmosphere at Mach 25 is one of the most dangerous moments of spaceflight. The Space Shuttle had to ...
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On This Day: Passenger jet crashes in Afghan mountains, killing 104
In 1994, Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off into space with ... Two young children died of hypothermia Monday while inside a van parked at the Detroit Hollywood Casino parking lot despite their ...