After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
The seven astronauts were killed when the shuttle broke apart on Jan. 28, 1986. (NASA) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – On a cold Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a ...
WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan.