Both the 2003 Columbia and 1986 Challenger space shuttle disasters, which resulted in fatalities, received the "Type A mishap" designation.

NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of Boeing Co.’s Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the ...

The agency released a critical report that puts the Starliner incident at same mistake level assigned to the fatal Columbia ...

Jan. 28, 1986, 7 spacefarers were killed when shuttle Challenger exploded midair after launching from Kennedy Space Center in ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board.

The test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule — which turned into a monthslong stay in space for two astronauts — was a debacle in the same league as shuttle disasters, NASA said.

Forty years ago, on January 28, 1986, the nation gathered to watch the Space Shuttle Challenger launch, a historic mission carrying the first "teacher in space," Christa McAuliffe. But 73 seconds into ...

US space agency delivers a harsh assessment of a botched Boeing Starliner test flight that stranded two astronauts.

OPINION - JUDY FINNIGAN: We should never forget exactly what we mean when we say we're sending someone to space ...