Long Island educators — grade schoolers in '86 — recall lessons learned in class watching Challenger disaster

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion stirs the memories of Long Island educators who watched the disaster on ...
WESH

Challenger space shuttle explosion: Remembering disaster 39 years later

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Yahoo

‘Final Flight': Challenger Center to mark tragedy 40 years later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Challenger Learning Center is asking the community to honor its namesake as 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the ...
News4Jax

It’s been 39 years since the Challenger launch disaster. How cold weather contributed to the deadly flight

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – We just recovered from a freeze that lowered Jacksonville’s temperatures to 26 degrees on Saturday. Thirty-nine years ago, temperatures dipped to eerily similar frigid conditions ...

New 1980s Coming-of-Age Novel Series Launches as Nation Nears 40th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster

Challenger disaster, a new book series explores teen life, history, and culture in 1986 suburban America. I’ve seen a ...
Texarkana Gazette

William R. Lucas, NASA official blamed in Challenger disaster, dies at 102

William R. Lucas, a NASA rocket scientist who helped shape the nation's first satellite as well as its first space station, and who later shouldered part of the blame for the 1986 explosion that ...