It's been nearly 40 years since this history-making glider fragment — not much bigger than your hand — headed into orbit only to end up in one of the world's worst space disasters. A series of serendipitous events landed the artefact — a piece of wing from Queensland aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler's wooden 1911 glider — on NASA's ill-fated Challenger …
NASA leaders, retired launch directors, families of fallen astronauts and space fans marked the 35th anniversary of the Challenger disaster on Thursday, vowing never to forget the seven who died during liftoff. In this photo from 9 January 1986, the Challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. From left to right are Teacher-in-Space Christa …
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