On 30 August 1983, Dr. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. became the first African American in space, as a member of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger... (Read More)
An article about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986, killing all seven crew members and stunning teachers and students... (Read More)
After seven long years of frustrating delays, the Hubble Space Telescope was finally launched into space on 24 April 1990 by the space shuttle Discovery... (Read More)