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 ...

Five days before Challenger's 1986 launch, the shuttle's crew of seven arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pausing on the tarmac before a gaggle of microphones. Commander Dick Scobee spoke ...