On this date in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff, destroying the orbiter and killing her ...

Weighing in at 6 million pounds, the crawler-transporters have been in use since the Apollo program to get vehicles from the assembly building to the launch facility. Follow Tech Insider ...

getting a firsthand briefing on the Space Shuttle project. He was also seen alongside his wife, Rosalynn, and daughter, Amy, touring the facility and learning about the "crawler," the massive ...