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Excerpt from the book: “Challenger” by Adam Higginbotham

We may earn an affiliate commission from anything you purchase from this article. British journalist Adam Higginbotham, author of “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster,” returns with his comprehensively researched new book, “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” (Simon). . & Schuster),… Read More »

Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after the Challenger disaster, dies at 76

NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, who was the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster in 1989, died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not specify the cause of death. “I am saddened to have lost groundbreaking Dr. Mary Cleave, a shuttle astronaut,… Read More »

Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after the Challenger disaster, dies at 76

NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, who was the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster in 1989, died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not specify the cause of death. “I am saddened to have lost groundbreaking Dr. Mary Cleave, a shuttle astronaut,… Read More »