Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and onlookers who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.
Challenger is a film based on Richard Feynman's investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. David Strathairn will play Dr. Feynman. The film will be directed by Philip Kaufman. It was slated to premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with a wide release scheduled for 2008, but was not...
A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. In a graphic 400-page report, NASA further studied the F...