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January 28th, 1986 at 11:39am EDT - The Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes on its 10th flight during mission STS-51-L. The explosion occurred 73 seconds after liftoff and was actually the result of rapid deceleration and not combustion of fuel. CNN was the only national news station to broadcast the mission live, so thus what you are witnessing on this video is the only coverage of the disaster as it happened when it did. Approximately 17% of Americans witnessed the launch live, while 85% of Americans heard of the news within 1 hour of the event. According to a study, only 2 other times in history up to that point had news of an event disseminated so fast - the first being the announcement of JFK's assassination in 1963, the second being news spread among students at Kent State regarding the news of FDR's death in 1945. It has been estimated at the time that nearly 48% of 9-13 year olds witnessed the event in their classrooms, as McAuliffe was in the spotlight. The 25th Space Shuttle mission altered the history of manned space exploration and represented the first loss of an American crew during a space mission (Apollo 1 was during a training exercise). Christa McAuliffe was slated to be the first teacher in space for the Teacher in Space Program. As her maximum altitude was ~65,000ft (12.31 miles), she never made it to space. That title was given to Barbara Morgan of STS-118 aboard the shuttle Endeavour in August 2007, 22 and a half years after the Challenger Disaster. Morgan served as McAuliffe's backup during STS-51-L. As Morgan is now part of the Educator in Space Program, she will be credited as the first "educator" in space, to distinguish her from McAuliffe. Aboard Challenger during STS-51-L: Francis "Dick" Scobee (Commander)Michael Smith (Pilot)Judith Resnik (Mission Specialist)Ellison Onizuka (Mission Specialist)Ronald McNair (Mission Specialist)Gregory Jarvis (Payload Specialist)Sharon Christa McAuliffe (Payload Specialist - Teacher in Space)

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Deltaforce5000tm

Length: 02:23
Rating: 4.6400375
Views: 5066143

Tags: space  shuttle  challenger  mcauliffe  sts-51-l  nasa  cnn  disaster  explosion  regan  1986  liftoff  live  kennedy  

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MrEatingPussy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is why you don't illegally hire filthy Mexicans to do a half-ass job for low pay...
DarkMuu666 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@SharkovAndrew lolololol Russian worships Russian hating Hitler.
DarkMuu666 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@TheFujifilm9 Easy there...It's called containing yourself. The people there had a job to do. They're preserving data of the accident at that point to see what happened so it doesn't happen again. Tears do not bring back the dead.
amgen52 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@tenvolt I read it. I understand why ppl think if its comes from the web it must be true. There is a lot of misinformation even on the Nasa website. My version of the story came out during the investigation which I was part of back in the 80's. The so called facts have changed many times over in the last 20 yrs.
EXTREMEPANDAS3424 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i saw this in skool
TheFujifilm9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I hate how no one is yelling, screaming, or even showing any emotion! I mean really? You just saw your friends blow up out of mid air and don't do a thing?
tenvolt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@amgen52 Look up Roger Boisjoly's obituary in the LA Times, he did warn both his own company and NASA, they ignored his warnings (and those of others).
amgen52 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@zacharycat No scientist warned about anything. Roger Boisjoly was an engineer who helped design the booster joint which included the o-ring.  Taking in data from previous shuttle launches, he thought there could be issues launching in colder weather because the joint design was already in question based on prior performance. He argued with his Mgt. about launching but his mgt. gave the ok to Nasa to launch. Nasa knew nothing about the in house debate until after the launch.
SharkovAndrew (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Пять хуёв и две пизды разлетелись кто куды! Yankee-monkey go home! 14:88...
PSANightmare (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Seems like no one gave a SHIT!

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