challenger

"Obviously a major malfunction" still rings in my ears from the classic CNN video that most of us watched live as it happened. Today marks the 25th anniversary of this disaster. Not too long ago, this new video surfaced from someone home video collection...

For many, no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger. A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpest minds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — a scant 73 seconds into flight, nine miles above the Atlantic for all to see — remains NASA's most visible failure...