Discover the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster's investigations, recovery, legal battles and enduring space exploration legacy in this deep-dive overview.

On Jan. 28, 1986, the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing the entire crew. ... were recovered and positively identified, according to The New York Times.

Roughly 118 tons (107 metric tons) of Challenger debris have been recovered since the accident. That represents about 47% of the entire vehicle, including parts of the two solid-fuel boosters and ...

Other items recovered from the Challenger have been memorialized in various ways to honor the crew’s memory. Divers on the History Channel documentary team found the artifact while searching for ...

The Space Shuttle Challenger is making its final journey this week as workers transport the debris recovered after the Jan. 28, 1986, accident to a storage site on the Canaveral Air Force Station ...

Piece of Challenger space shuttle found in ocean 00:28. ... In 2017, a soccer ball recovered from the wreckage of the explosion was flown to the International Space Station.

A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed a schoolteacher and six ...

Roughly half the space shuttle Challenger, which tragically exploded in 1986, remains missing. Now, one more piece has come to light off the Florida coast.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed ...

Most of the recovered wreckage remains buried in abandoned missile silos at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The exception is a left side shuttle panel on display at Kennedy Space Center's ...