Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air over Florida, killing all seven ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 40 years ago, on Jan. 28, 1986. The disaster was watched live on CNN across the globe and in person by family and friends of the crew and schoolchildren. A ...

On the morning of January 28, 1986, seven crew members were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart a little over a minute after it launched. Those killed included five NASA astronauts, ...