is it all over? Is heroic exploration now only past tense? Possibly. But I suspect that the banality of a world lacking in secrets -- a globe whose every acre can be perused with the click of a mouse -- is only a temporary setback.

Houston, we have a problem ... with NASA. As the space shuttle Atlantis orbits Earth in the final mission of NASA's 30-year reusable spacecraft leg...

Today, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the loss of Challenger, it is particularly fitting to pause and remember that the Challenger Seven were more than just names.

In the present uncertainties of the space program, a great transitional opportunity exists. As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger, we must rise to the challenge in the spirit of those who have so bravely shown the way forward.

In the Spring of '86 I became one of the final 40 contestants in the initiative to send a journalist up in space.

"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave," President Ronald Reagan told the nation 25 years ago following the explosion...

(MARCIA DUNN, AP/Huffington Post) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For many, no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger. A quarter-century later, im...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For many, no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger. A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle ...