CU Boulder has renamed Williams Village East residence hall after astronaut and alum Ellison Onizuka, who died in the 1986 ...

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 ...

Forty years ago today, Jan, 28, 1986, classrooms and households alike watched a live broadcast of what they thought was going to be a happy historic day. However, 73 seconds after launch, a rocket on ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KAPOLEI, Oahu (KHON2) — This coming Wednesday, Jan. 28, will mark the 40-year anniversary of the Challenger explosion, one of the ...

The Challenger crew on Jan. 28, 1986, featured (front row) pilot Michael J. Smith, commander Dick Scobee, mission specialist Ronald E. McNair, (back row) mission specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, payload ...

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

The crew for the space shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their quarters for the launch pad, Jan. 27, 1986, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Front to back are Commander Francis Scobee, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...