Tag: Challenger
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NASA and President Trump pay tribute to fallen astronauts in shutdown’s wake
Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine set a memorial wreath among the gravestones for the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire of 1967, with former NASA administrators, family members and other VIPs surrounding them at Arlington National Cemetery. (NASA / White House Photo) NASA highlighted the legacy of astronauts lost…
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NASA’s Day of Remembrance highlights 15th anniversary of shuttle Columbia’s loss
Amy Resnik, sister-in-law of Challenger astronaut Judy Resnik, and Kristy Carroll, family friend of Columbia astronaut William McCool, embrace by the Space Shuttle Columbia and Challenger Memorials at Arlington National Cemetery during NASA’s Day of Remembrance. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) News Brief: The last Thursday of January is NASA’s time to pay tribute to…
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Video: 31 years since Challenger tragedy
President Reagan addressed the nation with this speech 31 years ago today, following the loss of the space shuttle Challenger and crew on Jan. 28, 1986.
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30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger
The crew of the shuttle Challenger takes a break during countdown training on Jan. 9, 1986: From left are space teacher Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Michael Smith and Ellison Onizuka. (NASA photo) It’s been 30 years since the loss of the shuttle Challenger and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, but…
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Families, NASA honor fallen astronauts
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION On the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, crew families, friends and space workers gathered Thursday to remember the 17 men and women who lost their lives on the high frontier, 14 in two space shuttle disasters and three in an Apollo-era launch pad fire 49 years ago…
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The Challenger seven remembered 30 years after STS-51L
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven crewmembers in the skies over Florida. As the world memorializes the tragic event of January 28, 1986, we pause to honor the Challenger crew and the reasons they chose to fly aboard Challenger thirty year ago today. STS-51L: The Space Shuttle Program allowed more people to…
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Reporters remember Challenger coverage
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Media representatives converge on memorial service for Challenger’s crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 31, 1986. Credit: NASA Veteran CBS News correspondent Bruce Hall was not on the air when the shuttle Challenger blasted off 30 years ago Thursday. It was, after all, the…
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Challenger remembered
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Challenger commander Dick Scobee, lays a wreath with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in 2014. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Thirty years after the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated in the clear, cold sky high above Cape…
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Shuttle memorial honors crews, orbiters
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA In the first memorial of its kind, NASA and the families of the 14 men and women who lost their lives aboard the shuttle Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 have joined together to remember the astronauts with pictures, personal mementos and, in…
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The passing of Sally Ride – The legacy of a true shuttle pioneer
The first American woman in space, Dr Sally Ride, sadly passed away this week. Dr Ride, a veteran of two shuttle missions with Challenger, continued to dedicate her life via public outreach programs. However, her dedication to the Shuttle fleet never waned, even leading subgroup effort at the Augustine Commission in an attempt save the…