On this date in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff, destroying the orbiter and killing her ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Looking back at the weather 39 years ago and how it impacted the Challenger launch, leading to one of the most tragic losses ...

The Challenger disaster, which occurred on January 28, 1986, remains one of the most heartbreaking events in space ...

Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward ...

The satellite is safely on its way to geostationary orbit, but one of the rocket's four strap-on side boosters fell to Earth in a populated area of Zhenyuan County in Guizhou province. Security ...

The forward assemblies will be the last segments needed to complete the booster configuration, with assembly of the core stage to follow. The 177-foot-tall twin solid rocket boosters provide more than ...

The 177-foot-tall twin solid rocket boosters provide more than 75% of the total SLS thrust during liftoff, the agency says. Advertisement The timeline for the delay-plagued Artemis moon landing ...

The boosters will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during final assembly of the Artemis II Moon rocket and provide more than 75% of the total Space Launch ...

The rocket's first stage is accompanied by four 7.4-foot-wide (2.25 meters) boosters. These often have residual propellant, which means the stages explode on impact with the ground, while ...

rocket's twin solid rocket booster motor segments for the agency's Artemis II mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Currently, 6 of the 10 ...