The Challenger disaster was not an isolated incident but rather the culmination of various warning signs that went unheeded. Engineers from Morton Thiokol, the company responsible for the shuttle's ...

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space,’ a narrative account of the first tragedy to mark NASA’s shuttle ...

Even with better technology and regulations, human behavior remains the leading cause of workplace incidents. Here’s what safety leaders need to understand—and fix—in 2026. As occupational safety ...

Wish them well. Next month, four astronauts are expected to board a space capsule called Orion, blast off on a rocket known as the Space Launch System, and exit low-Earth orbit for the first time ...

When you fly with the same person for several hours, you can get used to each other to the point of complacency. Your CFI might let you get away with a slip, like forgetting to use a checklist during ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

Learn how foreign powers are advancing counterspace weapons—and what it means for U.S. and allied security. The Space Threat Assessment is an annual report by the Aerospace Security Project that ...