Dr. Farrah Hayes, executive director of the future Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, shared a glimpse into the center’s space-themed STEM programs and its profound impact on local ...

A vast body of research shows that every year, the shift to daylight saving time needlessly exacerbates various health risks, ...

William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle ... the Challenger’s launch and witnessed the televised disaster ...

By the time of the Challenger disaster, Dr. Lucas was serving as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center outside ... which propelled the shuttle’s ascent and were managed by Dr. Lucas ...

The current system of daylight saving time and early school start times wastes billions while causing more car accidents, ...

Those elements — and the climate at Marshall under Lucas’ direction — came under intense scrutiny when the space shuttle orbiter Challenger exploded Jan. 28, 1986, shortly after launch from ...

Set to open on January 28, 2026 — the 40th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster — the center will offer middle schoolers an immersive, hands-on learning experience designed to ...

Former Director of the Alabama NASA Center During the Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Dies at ... It was the deadliest U.S. space flight disaster at that time. The explosion killed all seven ...