it’s sad that the teacher who died on this, her son watched it as it exploded and he sent his favorite teddy bear with her for good luck, poor kid:(

@count1572

3 жыл бұрын

😭 😢 he wouldn’t be the same again :(

@MackenzieBell-fd1el

3 жыл бұрын

It was a little frog toy I saw 🥺

@williamhiemstra4925

3 жыл бұрын

WHY DID I READ THIS ;(

@garyhisgun4996

3 жыл бұрын

Is he still around today

@xxredclearnightxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyhisgun4996 i honestly don't know

My teacher was a finalist in the "Teacher in Space" project and he had to excuse his self from the class after being so shaken up by what had just happened

@LayneAS

3 жыл бұрын

that couldve been him... holy

@josellanes2285

3 жыл бұрын

same here, one of my elementary school teachers was meant to go, but she failed the g force tests

@lilmissbloodbath89

3 жыл бұрын

OMG. I bet his stomach dropped and his heart sank. That is so awful.

@kennethburns6064

3 жыл бұрын

I was in third grade watching it in class. still gets me

@yneshAshanti

3 жыл бұрын

Finalist? He must’ve been a heck of a man.

My 8th grade teacher wheeled the huge television into the classroom for us to watch the coverage. Those who lived back then remember exactly where they were that day.

@pettykittyfam

Ай бұрын

yep... Home sick from school. Our class watched it but sadly I was a 6th grader home alone... I was so shocked and confused. I don't remember much after just being so sad... Calling my mom at work and crying. She came right home. That is all I remember from that horrifying day.

@Cg0322

Ай бұрын

My teacher did the same thing at my elementary school in Huntsville Alabama. If I’m not mistaken my teacher was related to one of the astronauts, my teacher name was Mrs. Mcaullife. It was sad the whole class cried.

@BkBk-gy6vr

Ай бұрын

@@pettykittyfamI also was home from school sick or faking sick but I was on the couch at the time watching it at 12 years old.

@Ighnot

Ай бұрын

Yes. Home "sick" from school at 16 years old, watching on TV.

@catherinehardin6286

27 күн бұрын

My parents were on a business trip to China and I was staying at my aunts house in Queens. We watched from my cousins room as the Challenger exploded that day. 😢

I was in 5th grade at the time. My school was right next to our townhouse complex. Our class was doing our P.E. exercises of jumping jacks when my dad ran to the fence line and yelled out for me hysterically to tell me the space shuttle exploded. I'll never forget that.

@annbet3684

2 ай бұрын

I was in my 20s

@winxgirl08

Ай бұрын

wow...i wasn't even alive till 2008

@Titanassaurus

Ай бұрын

@@winxgirl08come to Islam sister

@tjp2109

Ай бұрын

I was in the 4th grade. I remember going outside and thinking I could see the explosion for some miraculous reason, even though I live in Oregon. I had an active imagination.

@Peyote1312

Ай бұрын

​@@TitanassaurusCum 2 Scientology, my brother.

It’s scary when you realize that some of them didn’t die until it hit the water

@Mouse-Step

3 жыл бұрын

Wait rlly

@travtuck7646

3 жыл бұрын

none of them died until they hit the water. What's scary is that at least 4 of them activated their PEAPs, which means they were conscious and aware of what was happening.

@Mouse-Step

3 жыл бұрын

@@travtuck7646 whats a PEAP buf thats rlly sad that they knew and probably felt what happened

@travtuck7646

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mouse-Step personal egress air pack

@Mouse-Step

3 жыл бұрын

@@travtuck7646 ohhhhhh thankyou for telling me

The excitement in their faces not knowing that is their final moments..

@nickkoelle9674

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking. Such a depressing video

@ligmaballs7430

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickkoelle9674 yeah same

@adamclifton29

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda creepy really

@user-hb4df7ox3k

3 жыл бұрын

They probably died instantly by the first explosion they didn't even heard the explosion before even knew what happened everything went dark just like that

@osmofina7848

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hb4df7ox3k i think they were still alive

I was living in Tarpon Springs, FL. at the time. I had planned on waking up and watching the launch. Although it was on the other side of the state it was visible. I overslept but vividly remember having a dream that it crashed while landing. I woke up pissed that I overslept then turned on the TV for the replays I knew they would be showing. I will never forget watching the news that it blew up. Here I am all these years later and it seems like it happened yesterday.

@tigerlioness1

Ай бұрын

I remember watching this in realtime at home as we had a snow day that day. I had just turned 10 a month and three weeks prior. As a child, this was so exciting for me. I too remember this day like it was yesterday. It’s funny how time works; for those with clear memories decades don’t seem very long ago. In the grand scheme of things, “decades ago” really isn’t that long.

This is horrific. Watched it live as a 14 year old when it happened. RIP those fearless astronauts.

@rossanoeramo1849

9 ай бұрын

Ma voi mettereste la mano sul 🔥, che quel giorno sono morti degli astrononauti? Io no!!

@genghiskhanii6646

9 ай бұрын

@@rossanoeramo1849 Prego per loro

@rossanoeramo1849

9 ай бұрын

@@genghiskhanii6646 preghi a vuoto!!! Non è morto nessuno..

@littlegamer00

8 ай бұрын

​@@rossanoeramo1849How would anybody survive that?

@markdickenson2885

5 ай бұрын

I was 14 as well. I was sick that day and stayed home and watched it on tv. Just horrific.

I will never not be angry over the fact that NASA essentially sent this crew to their fate *knowing* they’d been warned not to launch that morning due to the weather and the O-rings.

@lanadelkae351

3 жыл бұрын

What are o rings

@kelseyallman8424

3 жыл бұрын

Wait they knew? Could you tell me more about that? I never knew about that part

@lovezys1235

3 жыл бұрын

That's fucked up

@euanhayes5822

3 жыл бұрын

@@kelseyallman8424 basically an o ring forms the seal between the rockets boosters and this has to be at a certain heat for it to acc seal the separate sections and the rocket engineers knew the o ring was too cold and it wouldn’t work they attempted to postpone it to fix the problem and wait for better weather as u need ideal conditions to launch a rocket of that magnitude but the higher ups dismissed it as they were trying to impress president Reagan at the time probably for a budget increase or something financially so although the acc experts knew something would go wrong they were overshadowed and the rocket launched anyways and the rest we all know

@alfredcam9362

3 жыл бұрын

what you mean that a government would know about such impeding failure or risk to many lives with something they are responsible for but still chose to proceed anyway? wow, that would never happen again I sure...

There was a teacher on board that shuttle. That teacher volunteered to go on that shuttle to teach kids about space in space. She was truly an amazing person 😞

@davidandrew4099

3 жыл бұрын

She didn’t volunteer. She literally won a national contest for it making it more sad

@shrekleeapplesauce6239

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidandrew4099 imagine how the person that played amongus professionally but didn't win, and couldn't go up, and survived to fard feels 🥵🍑💨🌪️🌀😳

@jontraz5993

3 жыл бұрын

@@shrekleeapplesauce6239 I'm guessing he/she feels ALIVE.

@soppa112

3 жыл бұрын

@@jontraz5993 Jonas Albin

@aangmaster9392

3 жыл бұрын

@@jontraz5993 But probably still suffered a bit of survivor's guilt. Ya never know.

I can remember watching this with my father. I was 22 yrs old at the time. I knew he was going to watch it so we aranged to watch it together. it was unbelievable. We couldn't believe what happened. We jump out of our seats, we just stood there in shock. I can't imagine their families having to watch this knowing their loved ones didn't survive.

When it happened I was in my 10th Grade. Remember how this disaster shocked me after reading about it in the Newspaper. 36 years after as I watch this today sent chills through my spine. Homage to the martyers 😢

it’s so weird knowing that the crew had no idea what would happen to them. it’s so disturbing. they’re sitting there smiling when it’s the last hours of their lives.

@NathanielChapman.

3 жыл бұрын

AND they didn’t even die until they hit the ocean. They were conscious the whole way down too they even activated emergency air in their suits

@mia8911

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanielChapman. That's so terrible, I thought most of them died in the explosion..

@827Drew

3 жыл бұрын

It'd kinda be better than getting in a rocket you knew might explode. 'Oh the rocket might explode? I'm going to be sitting inside a time bomb? Sure was hoping someone was going to say that. That's good information, thanks.' That would be horrific.

@gregorsamsa1364

3 жыл бұрын

Surely they had an idea that there was a decent chance they wouldn't make it back alive

@gregorsamsa1364

3 жыл бұрын

@PAUL MH38 They wouldn't necessarily still be around today

RIP Dick Scobee (1939-1986) Michael J. Smith (1945-1986) Ronald McNair (1950-1986) Ellison Onizuka (1946-1986) Judith Resnik (1949-1986) Gregory Jarvis (1944-1986) and Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986)

@alvasalva6500

3 жыл бұрын

Which one of them was the teacher?

@taylorconwell9173

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvasalva6500 christa

@donnacunningham4484

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvasalva6500, yes Christa McAuliffe.

@agentfloppa1x333

3 жыл бұрын

RIP

@Baolong-Phan

3 жыл бұрын

@Brandon Dulce lol it’s ok

I was getting ready in Brisbane to board a flight to Adelaide with a friend of mine. At 19 we were SO excited about University, holidays, seeing our old friends, getting driver’s licenses, dating. It seemed a simple time & awful things didn’t happen too much in our really small world. It was horrific watching this on the TVs at the domestic airport: baggage handlers tears are freely running down their faces; the pilots ask for a minute’s silence before taxiing; white faced stewards are somber, handing out larger glasses of scotch to passengers. Nobody speaks; passengers quietly crying & holding stranger’s hands; 10 year old kid’s sensing something’s awfully wrong. We cried for all of America that day, for the families, for Christa’s school & students & for NASA’s space program. Never forgotten that day for an America that we loved so much. RIP to the astronauts. ❤❤❤

I read somewhere that one of Christa’s students recalled the moment the disaster happened. Everyone was cheering at the liftoff in the cafeteria. When it exploded, the kids actually thought this was normal, so they kept cheering. Then, one teacher shouted, “Everybody, shut up!” Then, everything went silent. At first, the kid though that this was still normal, but nearby, she could see her chemistry teacher crying nearby. One of the saddest things about the disaster is the fact that those kids had no clue of what was going on, and this was probably the moment where they first had to process a tragic loss of life from this freak accident.

35 Years later, R.I.P, never forget.

@jihokim788

3 жыл бұрын

@Dog Food Bro are you kidding me? Are you telling me after the ship exploded they survived?

@BeanOfBean

3 жыл бұрын

@ Jiho Kim I dont know if thats what he meant, but they survived the explosion, just not hitting the ground, some even had their oxygen packs on, so they were conscious

@Baolong-Phan

3 жыл бұрын

@Dog Food bigggggg yikes my friend. You’re falling for a big lie told by people who don’t want to believe that we can go to space, go outside for a bit, enjoy the air, maybe go fishing. Clear your head and visit some family or something. Stop falling for fake conspiracies that topple over once you look at there details

@saucycup1628

3 жыл бұрын

@Dog Food they were you my friend are the biggest disgrace to human history people died and your disrespecting, why would nasa a fake this

@cashcreations8797

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholassutton8210 that's a high five

Watching the footage before they took off gives me chills.

@SmoL-Mushroom2

3 жыл бұрын

I feel you

@halogang544

3 жыл бұрын

Shit crazy

@Ruby0465

3 жыл бұрын

73 seconds though...tragic

@josephcollins628

3 жыл бұрын

I was 7 and a half coming home from school when I saw it

@bigboppshotreviews

3 жыл бұрын

I was 4 years old, at the babysitter's house. This was the first disaster I remember seeing on television

I was in 3rd grade, watching the launch on TV with the other 3rd and 4th grade classes. I'll never forget it.

Was living along the beach at Patrick AFB housing less than a month when this happened. Woke up that morning, and it was freezing. 3/4" ice on everything. Couldn't get the car door open until pounding on it for about 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes warming it up. Said to others at work that the launch must be off, and they thought the same. When it was decided that the launch was a 'go', we were shocked. Watched it in person back then. Moved back to the beach south of Patrick AFB recently, watching this video really brings it back.

watching them at the table there smiling, unaware of their eventual fate, this is a disturbing video.

@Sec1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, My heart is bleeding, i think everyone is also is broken

@takeshikovacs8756

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sec1 shut the fuck up Rocket

@reaghanrandall3729

3 жыл бұрын

@@takeshikovacs8756 ok um relax

@Sec1

3 жыл бұрын

@@takeshikovacs8756 Now I'm not

@iwaited90daystochangemynam87

3 жыл бұрын

And seeing them happily boarding the shuttle, it’s like seeing people happily getting on the titanic

The guy announcing the nautical miles...you can hear the sadness in his voice after it exploded. Ugh.

@lunacydepp8251

3 жыл бұрын

@@matteoooo4791 lmaooo dude nooooo don’t make me laugh

@obamaprism3997

3 жыл бұрын

@@matteoooo4791 I’m going to hell now you made me laugh

@theshermantanker7043

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't know the Shuttle exploded, he only can see gauges and system data

@Yungknown

3 жыл бұрын

@@theshermantanker7043 lol I think somebody probably told him it exploded or at least he got the idea

@Alberto-sv1ou

3 жыл бұрын

@@theshermantanker7043 dude do you really think an engineer didnt get the hint the shuttle exploded seeing all the sensors not reporting nominal data?

I was in 4th grade in Jacksonville, FL at the time, and my teacher had gone outside to watch the ascending smoke trail of the launch (you can barely see it looking southward). I had no idea what was going on until my teacher came back - she was visibly upset.

I've seen this footage various times of the years and it hurts in different ways each time. While I've always felt sadness for the crew and their families, I've grown to empathize with the grief all the folks involved felt. Launches are no small task, and teams of people are involved for months or years getting to launch day. I have to say this is first time I've viewed this footage and realized there was closing footage of debris just falling into the ocean and making huge splashes on impact. A heartbreaking and truly tragic day in our history. Rest in peace, Challenger crew.

@hansolo631

5 ай бұрын

Man, at 4:18, 4:19'ish that large piece being flung off to the right is positively just glowing red at the front, can't imagine the heat and force at play there. Just a huge red aura.

Even after explosion, the guy continues narrating so calmly.

@mikethespike056

3 жыл бұрын

That's why he's at the job.

@mikethespike056

3 жыл бұрын

@Keiji Shinogi True.

@MichaelMyers66793

3 жыл бұрын

He didn’t know he wasn’t watching a tv he was just reading data

@marcinmackowicz1332

3 жыл бұрын

There was no explosion apart from the one performed intentionally to the rockets.

@mixz49

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcinmackowicz1332 dude what?

Imagine watching your teacher launch out of a rocket that fails. And then going back to school to a different teacher

@_HMCB_

4 жыл бұрын

I was in thigh school watching this live. We’d carted a TV into the classroom. My chemistry teacher was balling her eyes out. I think we may have been sent home early that day. I can’t recall.

@superaussieviking4013

4 жыл бұрын

H C thigh school? Did you just do squats all day 😂

@matthewdurden5929

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of her students were there at the launch.They basically watched her die in person.Sad.

@_HMCB_

4 жыл бұрын

SuperAussieViking LOL. Oops. That typo sure changed the meaning of that sentence 😂

@Bejman13

4 жыл бұрын

They would be going back to a different teacher anyways. She would have been in outer space for weeks

R.i.p . It was 38 yrs ago . I was 14yrs watching this live at school, afterwards every kid in our school district and state was sent home for the day. I will never forget this day. My Uncle Benny worked for Martin Marietta ‘’ Michound ‘’ in New Orleans . They was laid -off for awhile after the explosion.

I was in the third grade and remember my teacher rolling in a television so we could all enjoy the launch and I cannot remember before you knew it right away what had happened but that will be a day never forgotten bless their hearts God rest their souls

"Obviously a major malfunction..." Understatement of that year.

@user-hh8kv1xk1t

3 жыл бұрын

How's that an understatement?

@bxlindq9420

3 жыл бұрын

He was reading numbers off of a computer screen. Have you read any of these comments?

@caleballen5367

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously an understatement, yes. But I’d rather hear that then him screaming or making comments that incite fear and panic

@SkylineGTRFreak

3 жыл бұрын

considering Chernobyl Meltdown happened the same year, I wouldn't be so sure of that...

@eljoelo2459

3 жыл бұрын

A major and ignored-on-many-tests malfunction.

It’s kinda sad that they trained so hard all their lives....just to be cut short in seconds

@ketchumx

3 жыл бұрын

Minutes actually, they died from the impact of hitting the water

@flak8857

3 жыл бұрын

@@ketchumx they had a chance to live. Rest in peace.

@NathanielChapman.

3 жыл бұрын

@@flak8857 not really considering the height but it’s still horrifying that they were conscious the entire way down

@gregorsamsa1364

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanielChapman. They weren't necessarily conscious the entire way down. Not even necessarily alive the entire way

@NathanielChapman.

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorsamsa1364 nasa found that they were conscious the whole way down until impact,they even activated their suits emergency system

After all these years, it is still sad to watch this before the flight knowing what is about to happen to them. They are heroes, and they paved the way for a better tomorrow.

@eyewitnessmediaderby1805

5 ай бұрын

If you find it that sad why are you watching it?

I worked on developing the CCMS (Checkout, Control and Monitoring Subsystem) for the STS program w/NASA c1980-1981. I was in complete shock when the Challenger disaster happened, and it still haunts me.

This is what happens when higher-ups don't listen to the scientists who did the math. You'd think people would learn from their mistakes after this.

@mrsportfish8987

4 жыл бұрын

Correct. My dad was a shuttle systems test engineer from 1973-2005. They knew immediately it was the O rings that failed because the temperature was too low. The Rocket engineers told the higher ups it was too cold. However, politics got in the way. NASA was trying to impress President Reagan. Launched anyway, and the rest is history.

@cutiepie5884

4 жыл бұрын

Boeing says HI

@tonyhill1916

4 жыл бұрын

Maths, not math. 👍

@nzbradmorgan

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Hill American or British?

@PhilCouling

4 жыл бұрын

Brad Morgan - actually it’s greek.

Columbia was a less obvious mistake, but Challenger's crew dying was completely avoidable; administration didn't accept a request for a delay; they deemed their schedual more important than the lives of the astronauts

@jrnvrm

3 жыл бұрын

Well, there was less that could be done once it was up there, but there were still lots of avoidable factors. Engineers asked for pictures of its wing in space to see the extent of the damage, but management didn't want to ask the military for outside help.

@thatoneskierdude4410

3 жыл бұрын

@@jrnvrm Morton Thiokol's board didn't listen to the engineers who worked on the SRB's. This was avoidable.

@aprilleerose

3 жыл бұрын

They were warned not to launch that morning by several departments.

@justinhackstadt6677

3 жыл бұрын

@@aprilleerose They always have people wanting to scrub the launch. If the directors listened the launch would literally never happen. It was a defect in the material, no matter the delay they wouldn't have found it. They could have waited for a year and this would have still been the end result.

@thegaminggallimimus4429

3 жыл бұрын

O rings. The O rings in the challengers booster rockets were Faulty

After all these years, still brings tears to my eyes.

Even after all these years, its still such a slap in the face to look at.

I was a senor in high school that day and my science teacher was a finalists to go on the Shuttle Challenger. We all watched in horror when it exploded and it particularly hit our physics teacher very hard. I still keep in touch with him to this day.

@carahughes257

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by finalist? Xx

@TLK9419

4 жыл бұрын

@@carahughes257 Probably one of the most likely teachers chosen to go on the shuttle.

@leoj2439

4 жыл бұрын

Cara Hughes I think he means that there was a set of decisions and trials and he was one of the final ones to be chosen to take the program but instead she was changed.

@JackR_TV

4 жыл бұрын

You were at school? My dad was home "sick" watching 2001 a space odyssey.

@davemiller6055

4 жыл бұрын

I was a senior in high school that day too. I still remember it.

This is still tough to watch so many years later and it always will be.

@southjerseysound7340

4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching it in class and how I felt. At first I knew something was terribly wrong. But because it happened when they said throttle up and the announcer kept going as did the booster rockets part of me had hoped it was ok.

@calvinsmith7679

4 жыл бұрын

@@southjerseysound7340 ..

@joshuauriarte452

4 жыл бұрын

Whats even tougher is they survived the blast but didn't survive the impact.

@Nilguiri

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuauriarte452 Yes, that is terrifying. That makes it so much worse :(

@Boss_Tanaka

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Uriarte I hope they were knocked out by the blast. Then they fell unconscious to the sea.

I remember watching this in school, live. I was 10. As kids we clapped because we didnt know anything was wrong but it didnt take long to realize once the teachers started turning off tvs. Years later to find out the flight crew survived the initial blast and all the info NASA had to not launch that day is heartbreaking

@ronniebishop2496

Жыл бұрын

I was in the oil business in Tulsa Oklahoma, and the day the shuttle blew up we were all watching on tv, and I said I believe the oil boom just exploded too, and believe it or not the Anadarko basin oil boom ended. Incredible.

@jessiesutor280

Жыл бұрын

I had no idea it was bad, they just turned our tv off in class and never said a word about it. It was my birthday, i never forget that day😢

@connor8558

Жыл бұрын

I think some of the astronauts are still somewhere at sea or on an island.

@ronniebishop2496

Жыл бұрын

@@connor8558 They should have been able to escape if that capsule was prepared properly.

@yassassin6425

11 ай бұрын

@@ronniebishop2496 What? How?

Challenger.... Go with throttle up. Rodger, Going with throttle up. That was the last ever transmission and it gave me cold chills as an 11 year old..... And still does to this day 37 years later.

“Obviously a major malfunction”, not sure if there was a better way to describe this tragedy.

@jaycecampbell9688

4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@jaycecampbell9688

4 жыл бұрын

"Turn the troglodyte up" " okay turning it u" boom that's sad

@krakenjm6877

4 жыл бұрын

"Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" as SpaceX likes to call it.

@snek6582

4 жыл бұрын

If I had I rocket company I would call this *we totally planned this*

@vern15

4 жыл бұрын

Q

We did a case study on this in one of my engineering classes. It's so sad that they were warned not to launch that morning by several departments, but higher-ups overroad that warning and gave it a go anyways. Its reported that some of the crew may have survived after the explosion, and were killed within the cockpit after its impact with the ocean (this was deduced after the autopsy of some remaining bodies recovered). Such a terrible tragedy that could have all been avoided so easily. May their souls rest in peace.

@IratePuffin

4 жыл бұрын

Harrison Zeno Schoonmaker good lord. I pray that they would have been unconscious from the g’s on the way down. That’s horrific.

@czr5145

4 жыл бұрын

@@IratePuffin the g's would be so intense that they would die before feeling pain

@onemercilessming1342

4 жыл бұрын

Harrison Zeno Schoonmaker--I hold a mechanical engineering degree and, when this launch happened, was in my 30s watching it with my then two-year-old son. The media lead-up to this launch was a verbal tongue-lashing by the media deriding NASA on the delays. At one point, one of the media talking heads snarked, "When are we going to turn this turkey into an eagle?" NASA, dependent back then on the good-will of the public and the dollars awarded by a media-influenced Congress, had just weathered a Shuttle flight that held a record of delays until a successful launch. The delays surrounding this Challenger mission would have put NASA in a bad light, and the media were quick to jump all over the agency for another flight with successive cancellations. The weather in Florida was unseasonably cold, which impacted/affected the O-rings. NASA was pressured into making the launch. The rest, sadly, is history. As an aside, I will tell you that there used to be on the Internet an unauthorized transcript of the last transmissions, which NASA insists is bogus. I'm not so sure, for two reasons. One, NASA would not want the families to hear those last horrific moments and, two, they followed what one might expect while the crew cabin was descending. The actual pilot astronauts were trying to regain control, true to their training, although there was no control to be regained. Judy Resnick hyperventilated herself into unconsciousness and one of the astronaut pilots says, "lucky girl". One of the males is praying. Christa McAuliff is screaming all the way down. Don't be too hard on her for that. She wasn't trained as a military member or an astronaut; she was simply a guest on board with just a little bit of training. The crew was alive at point of impact, since they were wearing their flight suits, complete with helmets and air supply. As to my son, when the explosion happened, he looked at me with questioning eyes and pulled at my sleeve, asking a question he dared not put into words. I sat and explained to him in two year old terms how complicated shuttles really were and that, sometimes, things go terribly wrong. He looked at me and said, simply, "Not if I flew it."

@kmeadows100

4 жыл бұрын

Higher-ups not listening to scientists.... Sounds particularly relevant today.

@copperpenny0209

4 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine the horror they must have felt. I was in Germany at the time and just got home from work. I got home just in time for lift off and was completely horrified by the event.

The higher ups at NASA should’ve been blamed. The engineers said it was too cold for launch but they went ahead anyway. RIP to the crew of STS-51-L Challenger.

9th grade science class & watched it live with our teacher! This brought back many memories. We are so tiny in this infinite universe.

“Confidently getting into the van” oh my gosh, they didn’t know what they had gotten themselves into, so sad 😞

@James-rq9qb

3 жыл бұрын

They were highly trained astronauts. I'm sure they knew what a van was.

@Afro.G.

3 жыл бұрын

@@James-rq9qb best damn response 😂

@mrcommonsense9074

3 жыл бұрын

Why u make me laugh ? Guess life moves on.

@DavyDave1313

3 жыл бұрын

@@James-rq9qb LMAO now that’s my type of humor. And you’re right they were highly intelligent and probably knew it was politics that was forcing them to do the flight under unsafe conditions

@ericschnautz6603

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the van was the safer of the two vehicles we saw them enter.

The way he manages to keep his calm and composed voice will haunt me ):

@xzcsdf9574

3 жыл бұрын

they have to

@asparaguses_gf

3 жыл бұрын

well if he would’ve screamed at the top of his lungs that would’ve terrified everyone even more

@yipflaptheexecutioner6519

3 жыл бұрын

I really don't understand why people don't get this. He HAS to do that as to not cause a panic and accurately report what is happening. He wasn't the first person nor was he the last person to do that. This is very simple yet I see so many people confused by it.

@robshaw9797

3 жыл бұрын

As an Air Force veteran, I listened to, collectively, months worth of communications among and between air crews and flight controllers. What others have said here about the imperative to keep calm and rational are all spot on, but a trained ear can pick up subtle signs of alarm and anxiety in the announcer's voice...cracks in the voice, changes in rhythm of words, pauses and breaths, small falterings in thought and speech. The man was under incredible stress.

@muckman2673

2 жыл бұрын

He was probably terrified too but he had to keep calm

i was watching live on cnn when this happened and i will never forget it.

Today on this 38th anniversary, this tragedy remains one of the world's worst events. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims' family and friends now and forever. Time may heal wounds, but the pain of loss stays with us, God bless.🙏

Just for some backup info, Roger Boisjoly was in charge of making sure the challenger had no issues. He highly advised against the challenger program and when he explained that the O-rings would not fare well in cold weather, the higher ups disregarded him and continued to launch the shuttle even though it was too cold for it to work properly. The challenger was a failure due to the ignorance of the managers in charge of the project. Thank you all for subscribing and following my comments as I give all sorts of knowledge on KZread comment sections ✌🏽

@k31_444

2 жыл бұрын

Did the managers get punished for it? Because if they didn't that would've been fucked up

@imscarlet1404

2 жыл бұрын

It will always work like that, you think the "managers" give a shit? If something happens they can just blame the supervisors and nothing happens to them.

@user-js5me1bb7i

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of 1986 Chernobyl

@lizxu322

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Kamarov when the soviet union pushed for him to board when they found 203 major flaws with the shuttle...he was burnt to a crisp and knowing he was going to die he made sure his funeral was open casket so that the higher ups would be reminded of their mistake...you can find the pic online

@abdallahatia7209

2 жыл бұрын

They told him to "take off [his] engineer hat and put on [his] manager hat"

I’m amazed at how calm the broadcaster is. I’m sure mentally he’s in a state of shock and horror but he can’t show that.

@denisliber6740

Жыл бұрын

i dont think thats a broadcaster, thats a guy who calls out speed and height of the orbiter, he looks at the data screen not the shuttle...the guy who counts down, thats a broadcaster...and this people are trained to stay calm and not panic in catastrophic situations, otherwise it could get a lot worse...

@FlatEarthKiller

Жыл бұрын

He didnt have a visual view of the explosion so he cant see the boom

@SweBeach2023

Жыл бұрын

He's just a professional. Not everyone scream as a hysterical woman when something unexpectedly happen.

@FlatEarthKiller

Жыл бұрын

@@SweBeach2023 he had no vidual btw

@FlatEarthKiller

Жыл бұрын

@@SweBeach2023 visual *

A day I will never forget. I know exactly were I was at that minute still today. What a tragedy. What breaks my heart is that some of the crew were aware of what was happening till they impacted the ocean. May they "Rest in Peace".

I was in my history class in highschool watching this live.

My God. Imagine being the loved one of any one of these crew members and then just seeing the shuttle explode without warning, with your very eyes, and just trying to process what you just witnessed. What a horrible experience

@desertrose1226

2 жыл бұрын

I’d be in an institution! I’d just lose it.

@davewilliams5102

2 жыл бұрын

My God..what God was you referring to???

@melodiefrances3898

2 жыл бұрын

Christa McCulloughs parents were there watching. 😱😭💔

@trouble_maker_alivin2435

2 жыл бұрын

Ronald Mcnair is my cousin I never met him but my dad know him and would see pictures of him in his aunts house

@Ribbital

2 жыл бұрын

I’m very close to my cousin but her fathers aunt was apparently on this thing :(

The words "Challenger go with throttle up. Roger, go with throttle up." still send shivers down my spine.

@luyscastillo8669

3 жыл бұрын

What that means? Sorry not english speaker.

@madezra64

3 жыл бұрын

@@luyscastillo8669 So about 45 seconds into launch the vehicle begins experiencing maximum dynamic pressure (MAX-Q) and because of these enormous forces, the engines must throttle back to compensate for this. Throttle up takes place once the vehicle is beyond this point. This happens during every single launch.

@franciscocollazo7863

3 жыл бұрын

@Scott Hall- It’s “Go ‘at’ throttle up,” not go “with” throttle up. Throttle up is a stage in the flight trajectory, hence its why they command the pilot to go “at” the stage.

@budisantoso6305

3 жыл бұрын

I hear it "challanger no one throw up"" i didnt throw up":v

@franciscocollazo7863

3 жыл бұрын

@Patriots Rising- Its the gravitational pull from Uranus.

I remember this like it was yesterday. Our school secretary burst into our classroom crying and inconsolable we could hardly understand her. 😢 What a sad day in America.

Stark professionalism. God bless everyone involved, I can't imagine what it took to remain that focused with such tragedy.

Years later, October of 2022, watching this is still so heartbreaking

@zac9155

Жыл бұрын

hello there

@Milzsupercol

Жыл бұрын

Man I wish I could’ve seen all the other launches. Sadly, I was born in the year that the last shuttle launched, 2011.

@sunnex474

Жыл бұрын

@@Milzsupercol KZread is 13+…

@mattbull2991

Жыл бұрын

It’s terrific entertainment though

@colegustafson199

Жыл бұрын

Some divers just found a section of the vehicle off of Florida

"Roger, go at throttle up" still makes my skin crawl when I hear it.

@ochsj1971

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Smith's last words. Then when it explodes, you hear the explosion over the radio, which gets cut off when the shuttle was destroyed, Once can only hope they were knocked unconscious by the explosion and didn't experience the freefall down to the ocean where they died upon impact.

@robroyce6845

3 жыл бұрын

indeed!

@codje41

3 жыл бұрын

@@ochsj1971 Some life assist systems have been triggered after explosion, unfortunately some of them probably experienced the terrible fall...

@NathanielChapman.

3 жыл бұрын

@@ochsj1971 sadly,they were conscious the entire way down

@corneliuscrewe677

3 жыл бұрын

Even now watching footage of launches that phrase makes me tense up.

So many comments from young school students. I was a young mom enthralled by space launches. I was home watching and teared up as with every launch ...then it happened and my tears turned to wailing. I'm still proud of our space program....and still wept with joy watching SpaceX launch successfully with those boosters returning to land so gracefully. God rest the souls of all who perished in the pursuit of escaping the mighty tethers of our planet.

After the investigation was completed, the general consensus was that the initial force of the explosion wasn’t conclusively lethal to the crew. There was even evidence that at least one or all of them were still alive as there was a guarded APU switch that had been toggled and some breathing apparatuses had been removed. This would seem to imply that some or all were conscious while the crew compartment was sent into a ballistic arc, free-falling for over two minutes, until it impacted the ocean surface at terminal velocity.

@lindaoneil5085

9 күн бұрын

The crew cabin hit the ocean surface at approximately 207 mph.

The group picture of them in their space suits smiling is such a heartbreaking photo. 💔

@The_real_maddiegrace

3 жыл бұрын

exactly:(. it makes me so heart broken seeing how happy they were just moments before their death:(💔

@Sec1

3 жыл бұрын

@@The_real_maddiegrace Yeah So much heartbreaking :,(💔

@NathanielChapman.

3 жыл бұрын

@@The_real_maddiegrace sadly they weren’t very happy before they died because they were conscious the entire way down until they hit the ocean

@The_real_maddiegrace

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanielChapman. Well, I guess not moments then. I'm guessing when I made this comment I forgot truly how many hours from astronauts going into the rocket to launch that it takes. So instead of moments, hours before their death they were happy.

@NathanielChapman.

3 жыл бұрын

@@The_real_maddiegrace they were probably happy through the launch but not down to the ocean

The voice of the mission control dude starts to get shaky after the explosion. He tries to be professional but you can tell he's distraught. RIP Challenger crew.

@SneakyNinja-el5bn

4 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how he still has to maintain calmness even after the disaster

@urquanseven2332

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice any shakiness in his voice at all.

@MaxLujan

3 жыл бұрын

Patriots Rising take your meds

@chilliecheesecake

3 жыл бұрын

@Patriots Rising You only got one oar in the water lmao

@PanglossDr

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he stayed amazingly calm.

I'll never forget that day in American history. I was a young child at home with my mother. I remember looking at the t.v. broadcast as the shuttle was ascending never being able to imagine what was getting ready to occur, unreal till this day 💯

Carol Spinney (Big Bird) was supposed to be on that shuttle, however it was decided that the Big Bird Muppet costume was too big to fit comfortably on the shuttle while Spinney was wearing the costume. So NASA chose the teacher instead. This was decided months in advance. It is mentioned in the documentary "I am Big Bird".

The fact they didn't die until they hit the water makes it more scary. (They were all found crushed inside the cabin) so they knew they were about to die for around 3 minutes

@tomhumphrey7383

2 жыл бұрын

No all were killed by the water only 3 of there helmets which contained air supply was activated so only 3 survived the explosion then die once they hit the water

@bazzytonoak7130

2 жыл бұрын

No way that’s nuts

@ntitanium

2 жыл бұрын

They were unconscious. They didn't knew that they were gonna die.

@XXXTENTAClON227

2 жыл бұрын

@@ntitanium finally someone with sense. No way they’re gonna remain conscious for that long after an explosion while plummeting to earth.

@oliverwayne1797

2 жыл бұрын

They were vaporized the second the shuttle exploded no one could have survived that explosion.

The amount of people forgetting that the teacher wasn’t the only person who died on the Challenger is crazy

@katieb1049

2 жыл бұрын

No one's forgetting, it's just that her students had to watch her die live. It adds extra tragedy to it

@springlocks9067

2 жыл бұрын

@@katieb1049 And the fact that all the astronauts had family watching isn’t tragic?😭

@katieb1049

2 жыл бұрын

@@springlocks9067 do you want people to specify in every comment? Of course it is, but that's not what those comments are about

@arbor8445

2 жыл бұрын

They’re just pointing it out, they’re not trying to say she was the only who matters. All lives matter and it really is a tragedy.

@beckybecky9304

2 жыл бұрын

@@arbor8445 clown

Man, at 4:18, 4:19'ish that large piece being flung off to the right is positively just glowing red at the front, can't imagine the heat and force at play there. Just a huge red aura.

@WhatEvenIsAGoodName

2 ай бұрын

That is believed to have been the crew compartment of the Shuttle, based off the condition it was found in at the bottom of the ocean.

@hansolo631

2 ай бұрын

I forgot I had made this comment and thought I was overselling the red glow, but watching it again - jesus fuck. There is value in going into space, in landing on the moon, etc - but sending up billion dollar manned missions over and over to see how daffodils sprout in orbit is maybe kind of a waste. I love space exploration, but manned missions beyond proof of concept seem like pointlessly tempting fate with our primitive tech.@@WhatEvenIsAGoodName

@AccountInactive

2 ай бұрын

​@@hansolo631Every great leap forward for humanity has taken blood in exchange.

@akulahawk

Ай бұрын

That very large piece glowing red that's way off to the right side of the screen is one of the SRB motors. Both of those still were generating thrust but didn't have any guidance, so they both were basically huge bottle rockets at that point and their self-destruct charges hadn't been activated yet.

I was 15 and remember watching this in school like it was yesterday. I was in science class at the time and our teacher wheeled in a TV so we could watch live. Such a horrible day.

What a tragic event in NASA's history. You can hear the cry and sadness in the narrator's voice at 6:06. He is professionally calm but can only imagine how he is feeling seeing his colleague's rocket exploded in mid air. Absolutely devastating.

@Mente_Universal

2 жыл бұрын

Fake

@clqude

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mente_Universal What?

@masterblaster3653

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mente_Universal lol flat earther noob

@sonicboy817

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mente_Universal 😕

@Vulcan715

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mente_Universal did you just call the death of many people FAKE

Its absolutely horrifying knowing some of them were still alive on the way down 😞

@Leo.kirsopp

3 жыл бұрын

they would've fainted going at that speed so probably wouldn't have felt anything but yeah it's horrific

@thesaintforever257

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leo.kirsopp according to reports, a few of them activated oxygen packs and there was evidence they were awake for it. Not all but some. When they hit the water, they didn't feel anything

@BrittanyMarie27

3 жыл бұрын

Norman Jackson its heart breaking to think about what was going through their minds

@stevenroberts5741

3 жыл бұрын

DisturbedModz they were only going at just over 200 mph at impact, and were conscious at and after launch at much higher speeds, so sadly the speed alone would not have resulted In a loss of consciousness.

@Iwillnotbepushed

3 жыл бұрын

I have seen a documentary that shows real data of the Captain flying the capsule right into the water. They said some were unconscious but two were not. Their space suits were transmitting data. I think about that and their terror from time to time. They are not forgotten here.

I will never forget being a 5 year old in Kindergarten watching this happen live in the auditorium with the whole school. We were shocked and traumatized, I will never forget that day. May they all rest in peace. 😵‍💫😱😭

I was 11 yrs old watching it live at my grandma's house. Everyone was stunned. The whole neighborhood went silent. Still one of my saddest memories to date.

Employee 1: “Trust me, I’m the Engineer.” Employee 2: “Obey me, I’m the manager.”

@veritateseducational217

3 жыл бұрын

Employee 1: “The breaks on the bus have a chance to fail and kill all the employees!” Employee 2: “Listen, we *NEED* them here today, can you prove the breaks will fail?” Employee 1: “No, but-“ Employee 2: “Then we don’t have a problem.”

@Nockenz

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ man

@radiotelevision2371

2 жыл бұрын

Guys I get it was a social statement and never should have happened, but it’s best to pay respect to those that lost their love ones and lives than to make social claims.

@veritateseducational217

2 жыл бұрын

@@radiotelevision2371 All 7 of those people died because the NASA higher ups told them to go with the launch. Although I do not blame the higher ups, they had to get government grants. If they waited until the next day, all the kids would be out of school, and Christa’s publicity stunt wouldn’t have worked. (Then again they could’ve changed that as well.) Point is that the managers are somewhat at fault for the deaths of those brave souls, and people need to know that.

@radiotelevision2371

2 жыл бұрын

@@veritateseducational217 then say it in a statement like that, this was rather vague and degrading to the event. I watched the documentary as well. It’s just about sticking to the facts, or making a vague statement to *try* to covey a moral or smt.

M grandfather passed away about an hour before this happened. I was a young kid, I was devastated that morning.

@ikodashiigo

4 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace

@farex4459

4 жыл бұрын

I feel really bad for u :(

@renneedwards9826

4 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry honey 🥺

4 жыл бұрын

Twice...

@KristiannaStephani

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness. I’m so sorry. 💔

Oh yes, to relive the small trauma of my youth. I remember this when it was live. I was in elementary school, 6th grade. What I remember is the face my teacher made as it blew up.

I was a teacher in West Melbourne, FL in those days. I had taken my 7th & 8th graders out a couple of times but because of the cold weather the launch was put on hold I think twice. Finally a little after 11:30 it launched. Because we were nearly 30 miles away we had to wait for it to appear above the horizon. When it did I could see with my binoculars that there was something not right between the shuttle and the tanks. The large rust colored tank and the two boosters were in line with my sight of it, so I could see the small space between the shuttle and the tanks. I saw that blow torch effect happening right before explosion, not knowing until later what it was. I knew in my heart when it blew that it was deadly. The children were so upset. We didn't have class for the rest of the day. We sat out by our soccer field crying and discussing what might have happened, and praying for the families. I still have an eerie memory of that cloud that had grown into a mushroom like medusa with all its tenacles reaching down to the ocean. We watched it drift away to the east for what seemed like two hours, but it was probably much less. One of the boys had brought me an official NASA hat with the patch on it. His dad worked at the Cape and introduced him to the Astronauts the day before. I still cherish that patch. The hat disintegrated long ago, but the patch is like new.

The silence is what’s more horrific 😖

@mont9150

2 жыл бұрын

True. Everyone is shocked and speechless

35 years today. RIP Challenger Crew

@thebaxman4459

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, one of those historic days you never forget. I've seen the memorials of Challenger astronauts Ronald McNair in Lake City, SC and Michael Smith in Morehead City, NC.

@jadehedglin1430

3 жыл бұрын

I’m really upset 😭 that 7 lives were lost 😞 that day so heartbreaking 💔

@jeffreyknight3884

3 жыл бұрын

It's sad to know that this could have been avoided. Experts warn NASA about this will happen with the O RINGS. NASA has the seven astronauts blood on their hands. Sickening to know this before the shuttle took off.

@mr.raccoon1295

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@Tarheel13

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyknight3884 too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

Shocking it's very terrible that's 37 years ago it's always also shocking, Rest In Peace to the Astronauts 🙏

I wasn’t even a year old when this happened but in third grade we had a space and astronaut program. We had a replica of the front portion of a space shuttle that we got to sit in the seats and learn all about buttons and what they did. And if you were lucky you were chosen to be an astronaut for the week, dress up like one and had a specific job. It was the coolest thing ever, a lot of us wanted to be astronauts after that. But I remember learning about the challenger and it’s tragic events.

I was a student at UCF when this happened. My friends and I came out of our classroom and, looking up in the sky, we saw the eerie smoke from the explosion and the trails from the rocket boosters lingering in the air. We hadn't yet heard about the explosion, but knew instantly that something had gone terribly wrong while we were in class. We found a radio and tuned in to hear the live news reports about the Challenger exploding. The image of that smoke, which hung over the eastern sky for hours, is forever imprinted in my mind.

@shawnjenkins7469

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I was about to drive to class at USF in Tampa. The SRB contrails going in different directions made it obvious. Ran inside to hear the news. The night before, it had been in the 20s, and several people said NASA should wait until it warms up a little. But time is money, right? FYI, this was Columbia (1986), not Challenger.

@jamiec6504

Жыл бұрын

I was in 3rd grade living in Palm Beach County. They had all of us outside where we had recess to watch the launch as you can see it and I still remember all of these years later. Even at that young age I remember it vividly.

@drgeek100

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Miami and was in my American History class (7th grade) when this happened. Saw it on TV then we went outside and saw the same thing, I was horrified.

@theplaguedocta

Жыл бұрын

@@shawnjenkins7469 Columbia happened in 2003. The challenger happened in 1986.

@chucklauber9914

Жыл бұрын

Same here as well. I was a student at Embry-Riddle in Daytona. I saw the launch on my roof/sundeck while watching the NASA closed circuit launch on the Orlando NBC affiliate. I knew something was wrong almost immediately. One minute later, NBC came on with a "Breaking News" bulletin. It was so sad.

It is even more sad when you know that the crew survived the blast. The crew module remained pretty much intact until it hit the water. If you read the official accident investigation report, they even managed to grab stills from the video that showed the intact crew module on it's way down. RIP to those lost, a needless disaster that could have been, and should have been avoided if only the management had listened to the engineers that said it was too cold to launch. If you have watched the documentary "Challenger: A Rush to Launch", it is all to clear that the flight should never have taken off that morning. You can't help but feel angry when watching that documentary. When you have a senior engineer thinking it's likely to blow up on the pad as soon as they light the boosters, you know something was seriously wrong in the thought processes of the management team. A disaster that should never have happened.

@BobC250

2 жыл бұрын

Well done, you're only the 50th person to spread that sick urban myth. You getting off on the idea that their deaths involved mental torture? It really sounds like it. Sick ***k.

@100SteveB

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobC250 I suggest you read section D of the Rogers report. It states that out of the four personal egress air packs that were recovered from the crew module, 3 had been activated. The report also makes this statement regarding the g forces the crew and cabin would likely have experienced during the initial blast, - " The range of most probable maximum accelerations is from 12 to 20 G’s in the vertical axis. These accelerations were quite brief. In two seconds, they were below four G’s; in less than ten seconds, the crew compartment was essentially in free fall."Medical analysis indicates that these accelerations are survivable, and that the probability of major injury to crew members is low." And when you consider that Formula One drivers simply walk away from crashes where they have been subjected to forces of 50 g or more, it is easy to see why the report suggests that the crew likely survived the initial blast with little injury. So, if urban myths come from official investigation reports, then I guess you may have a point. I, like most other people believed those crew members had died within the first second or two of the explosion, I was shocked to hear retired astronaut Story Musgrave make the claim that probably all of the crew were alive until the crew compartment hit the water, and even worse, at least 3 of them could well have been concious during the plunge according to the evidence found. I take no sick pleasure by reading those claims in the official findings, just the opposite. And the fact that some of the crew could well have been concious for the two minute ride down makes it even worse.

@questiaorgandi1762

2 жыл бұрын

@@100SteveB well said

@NaparoniAndZzs

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobC250 Jus because you deny what happened doesn’t make it any less true. You can’t argue with facts

@alviebutler8643

2 жыл бұрын

There is also a new documentary that said their bodies were en tact Still In the seats under water

The shuttle did not “explode”. The external tank exploded due to wind shear that tore the leaking SRB from its mounts. The booster then drove itself into the ET. Challenger broke up from aerodynamic forces when it was thrown free from the tank, not an “explosion”. Recommended: “Challenger: The Final Voyage” by the late Richard S. Lewis. This book, published in 1988, all but predicted the loss of Columbia SEVENTEEN YEARS before it happened. Arnold Aldrich, a shuttle program manager and veteran of the Apollo program in attempting to minimize any further problems with the shuttle, recalled an instance “…where the contractor was OVERLY CONCERNED about insulation coming off the external tank and hitting the orbiter” (page 134, emphasized). The “overly concerned” turned out to be real. Of further interest in the same book is the following from the late astronaut John Young: “We just can’t afford to have another accident…Unless we take very positive steps to open safety communications and to identify and fix early on safety problems, WE ARE ASKING FOR ANOTHER SHUTTLE ACCIDENT” (page 197, emphasized). The agency ignored these warnings completely and, most unfortunately in my belief, are still riding herd on America’s space interests.

@AdityaSingh97

8 ай бұрын

Does not matter. It was an L

@jimwatson842

8 ай бұрын

Of course it "matters". They (NASA management) could have halted operations and fixed the "Criticality One" problems they were having. They didn't. In my belief, they ended up committing manslaughter and then did what management always does when it screws up: move people around, smother the truth and successfully avoid accountability.@@AdityaSingh97

@AngelRose97

8 ай бұрын

Bloody hell. That’s a lot of words just to be pedantic about whether it exploded or not. Also this accident had nothing to do with insulation coming off the tank and hitting the orbiter. That was Columbia so not sure what you mentioned all that for. As far as I know a faulty o-ring which probably malfunctioned due to the temperature on the day leaked causing a flame to burn into the ET.

@jimwatson842

8 ай бұрын

The space agency knew about the flaw in the booster segment seals (aided by cold temps and windshear) that caused Challenger's loss and the faulty ET bipod insulation that caused Columbia's loss seventeen years later. In my opinion, manslaughter was committed in both instances because nothing was done about the issues, though there was knowledge of them. Loss of life is to be expected in pioneering ventures, but stubborn pride and stupidity leave little or no margin for error or complacency.

@AngelRose97

8 ай бұрын

@@jimwatson842 I agree with that. Challenger should never have been launched on that day and someone should be held accountable for the lives lost.

What makes this even more scary is that the astronauts didn't actually die from the explosion itself. The explosion wasn't strong enough to disintegrate the crew cabin. So essentially, after Challenger exploded, the astronauts were still alive inside the cabin as it plummeted down into the water.

One thing I want to add here -- during the launch, many of the flight crews' friends and family were present watching. When the shuttle exploded, most of them were unaware of what just happened. There was confusion among many of them since the SRBs were still lit and traveling, but a few of the people in the stands had been to multiple launches and new immediately what had happened. The realization of the tragedy didn't really sink in for many of them for several minutes since they were suffering from confusion and then shock.

@Bishop228

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone with eyeballs & ears who watched/heard the coverage knows this. You’re adding nothing to the conversation, Captain Obvious. I swear so many of the people commenting useless “facts” on this video is ridiculous.

@celestiallizard420

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bishop228 You got a real rough road ahead of you if something as minuscule as a comment on a KZread video gets you this mad.

@buckethead60

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bishop228 bro i have eyeballs how tf did you know that

@Martin9476

Жыл бұрын

When the relatives on the ground saw the explosion, they all cheered because they mistakenly thought it was just the shuttle turning on its full power. It was only when they saw the rocket go off into two pieces and hear the commentator say “obviously a major malfunction” did they realise that something terrible had happened.

@romanday3429

Жыл бұрын

@@Bishop228 typical saints fan

I was in 10th grade. They made us watch this. The teacher all panicked. I don't remeber what happened after wards. Just the tragedy

@aprilleerose

3 жыл бұрын

We watched it in class as well

@littlemizredhead

3 жыл бұрын

Gosh... I'm so sorry you had to witness that... I remember watching the 2nd world trade center get hit by the other plans when I was only 8.

@theloanranger2632

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carlie, it's sad to see narcissism is alive and well on a video about people dying. Tell us more about you! What did you do the next day? What did you eat for lunch?

@nic_a_bic6780

3 жыл бұрын

@@theloanranger2632 what is your problem? everyone is talking about their experiences watching the launch. Jesus

@bethgoodwin5564

2 жыл бұрын

I to was in high school... We sat watching, l said," That's not supposed to happen!"😳

I'll never forget..I was in high school and heard the talk of broadcasting the shuttle launch and Christa's teaching from spacs..on this fateful day I was in drivers Ed class..soon we heard crying outside the room..we were taking test and no tvs on in there..then came a broadcast on the school PA system..it was the dean..she was telling everyone what had happened..she was clearly fighting back tears..somehow we continued our class but clearly it was a somber day afterward

I saw this in real time. My friend and I cried so long, unbelievable. Both teachers watching a teacher. Snow day in January. It impacted us both for life.

@1banos

5 ай бұрын

Do your research you will find out this was a complete false flag..

when he said "7 nautical miles" he sounded like he was about to cry, and it absolutely crushes me. how confident and happy he sounded just seconds before. i would talk about how happy everyone on board looked before they boarded, but there are so many comments about it so im just going to focus on the comms. guy. but the fact that he went off the comms. for a minute or so and comes back sounding so crestfallen just tells you about the impact it had on him.

@ejosjek52.87

2 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@Ink_Fazkitty

2 жыл бұрын

@@ejosjek52.87 4:13 as the shuttle blew up.

@ejosjek52.87

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ink_Fazkitty 4:20

@channelantoneon

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he knew yet there. He was still reading stats and probably wasn't looking. But after yeah he sounds devastated

@chocolatecoveredgummybears

2 жыл бұрын

didn't sound like that at all, lmao

When this occurred there was a small condo site being built not far from where I live. The builder decided to call the main road in the community Challenger, and he named the side streets after each of the crew members.

@bikerchrisukk

4 жыл бұрын

That's very commendable, thank you for sharing.

@pilotkush80

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣this was all fake!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mickeyphillips6603

4 жыл бұрын

No, the builder of the condos really did name the street Challenger. You can come and see it for yourself if you don’t believe me.

@johnanders8861

4 жыл бұрын

Is this in Titusville, Florida by chance? I live there and there are many streets named after the Apollo and Challenger missions.

@TheContingencyPlan

4 жыл бұрын

Mickey Phillips So basically he fell balls deep for the lie. Poor bastard.

I was 16 when this happened and we were watching it in school on the tv. Remember it like it was yesterday. Buddy and I actually missed it as we were hanging out by the lockers cutting up. I just remember all the people coming out of the library in shock and some teachers crying.

January 28 1986 and it was a very cold 36 degrees at Cape Canaveral that morning. I was outside working on a job 55 miles away that morning in northwest Orlando up on a hill. I heard the shuttle lift off on the radio so I as well as a few neighbors were looking in the direction of the Cape. We were all mesmerized by seeing the shuttle slowly gaining altitude even from that far away. Then it happened! The disbelief unfolding before our very eyes had everyone praying, crying not believing what would be etched in their minds as well as mine for years to come. Such a tragic event that I still get choked up when I see these videos replayed. Of course I don't need to watch them.I close my eyes and I can still see it happen like it was today.........

Ronald McNair (one of the victims) lived a minute walk away from the house I currently live in (parents moved here in 1996, 10 years after the disaster). His wife still lived there until it burnt down last year. House was rebuilt, but not sure if she moved back in (haven't seen her around). I would get candy from her while trick-or-treating as a kid. If Ron was still alive, maybe he would still live there as well and I may have been able to meet him. Not just while trick-or-treating, but maybe at the grocery store or while walking around the neighborhood or whatever.

@joshuajones2204

3 жыл бұрын

1996 is ten years after, not 12

@elephant35e

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuajones2204 Oops my bad, I was thinking about the year I was born (1998).

@elephant35e

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment I never said I experienced the disaster. I just said that he lived near the house I live in now.

@jamesnialG

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment it blew up in 1986.

@joshuajones2204

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment you’re a little late to the party bro. His comment originally said 12 and he changed it to 10 after we corrected him. You can stop replying to everyone’s comment now. Thanks

Found out they almost sent big bird from Sesame Street on this to get kids Space and science that would’ve looked real bad on TV rest in peace everyone Who was on this mission

@robloxvids2233

3 жыл бұрын

God imagine all those yellow feathers bursting and floating to the ocean. It would have been a national tragedy.

@highlighterjelly

3 жыл бұрын

they didn't send Big Bird's actor up because the costume wouldn't fit. that's why they did the teacher contest

@twelvefortytwo4730

2 жыл бұрын

@@robloxvids2233 yeah… good thing we avoided a national tragedy

@robloxvids2233

2 жыл бұрын

@@twelvefortytwo4730 The Challenger disaster was a National Tragedy. My brother was in northern Canada.

@michaelanonymous9600

2 жыл бұрын

@@robloxvids2233 I’m sorry but I laughed a bit at the explanation but still rip

I was 7 years old, about to turn 8 when this happened. We were watching it in my school's auditorium because an actual schoolteacher was gonna be on that flight and was going to teach her class when she got to space. When this happened the projector was hurriedly turned off and the older children and adults knew what happened--some were crying and we were rushed back to class. It was a somber rest of the day. No lessons were taught, nothing. I remember this clearly.

As horrible as this was to see it live in school, watching as my teachers cried and school was ended early, this is truly a heart wrenching video even after all of these years. I was 7 years old and I understood what happened. It was horrifying. I cannot even imagine how the families and folks at nasal must have felt at that moment. Utter anguish.

@liamcole9319

Жыл бұрын

@@russlogan181 okay russ...

@russlogan181

Жыл бұрын

@@liamcole9319 don't research it. Just keep gobbling up the propaganda like a good surf

@jaydeeroberts8990

Жыл бұрын

its not horrible there was no gore nor blood.

@james_fisch

Жыл бұрын

@@russlogan181 I remember my first beer

@MementoMori7777

Жыл бұрын

@@russlogan181 Cope all you want. But unless you have Research and citations to back it up, People really were killed.

Key moments: 0:17 The STS-51L crew enjoys their final meal. 1:14 Crew walkout and elevator journey. 2:01 Crew walkout and Astrovan transfer. 2:46 Time-warp to T-minus 15 seconds. Sound suppressing water is activated. 2:56 Challenger’s three Rocketdyne RS-25 ‘Space Shuttle Main Engines’ ignite. 3:01 Ignition of the Solid Rocket Boosters. Off screen, several puffs of black smoke emerge from the joint between the right SRB and External Tank. 3:07 Challenger clears the launch tower. 3:11 Roll manoeuvre. 3:30 Max-Q begins. Challenger’s engines throttle down to 94%. 3:46 Challenger’s engines throttle down further to 65%. 3:55 Off screen, a blowtorch of rocket fuel from the right SRB begins burning at the External Tank. 4:08 The ‘Go at throttle up’ call is issued. 4:14 Everything goes haywire as the Shuttle Stack is enveloped in what appears to be a fireball. What actually happens is the aforementioned loose flame finally separates the booster from the ET. Pressure in the lower tank (containing liquid hydrogen) drops. The bottom of the ET comes off. The hydrogen tank is forced upward into the neighbouring tank above containing liquid oxygen. Challenger is torn apart in the ‘blast’ due to aerodynamic forces too great for the Orbiter to handle.

@julianorozco2017

Жыл бұрын

well explained....if thay had to launch in April so be it. Management was apparently greater than Engineering and as a result, we lost seven brave souls.

@evelynschwartz1194

Жыл бұрын

Is there pictures recov ER ing the challenge r

@LowYummy

Жыл бұрын

was that a rocket that was still running that flew to the left or was the actual shuttle

@flyguyry1

Жыл бұрын

​@@LowYummy just a booster

@toxicginger9936

Жыл бұрын

​​@@LowYummy Two boosters going erratically flying off after the explosion, the shuttle itself was ripped apart by the explosion. That's a lot of the initial falling debris. The capsule section the astronauts were in survived the initial explosion. And likely so did all seven astronauts.

All these years later, it still sends me reeling.

Sitting in class during high school in Florida when this terrible tragedy happen....everyone was literally speechless!

@OreadNYC

4 жыл бұрын

I was also in high school at the time (Ohio). I didn't see it as it happened but maybe one of the science or social studies classes had been watching it on live television -- because as I was sitting in a classroom a short while later waiting for the teacher to start, another student in the same class came in and told us that the Challenger had exploded. He was well known for being something of a prankster...so most of us thought he was kidding around and messing with us. It was not until I came home and turned on the television that I realized he hadn't been.

@Patria920

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. I agree.

@lonewolf4246

4 жыл бұрын

I was in kindergarten and watched this from the playground at school in Orlando

@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz

4 жыл бұрын

As was I 6th grade Science class that morning North Marion Middle Very tragic

@912Kev

4 жыл бұрын

We watched this live in my Kindergarten class in Georgia .

I witnessed this terrible event unfold that morning when I was in the 9th grade. I was a drummer in the Liberty Junior High School band in Orlando and we headed outside in the cold to practice our Miami Vice halftime show. We were marching in the field next to the school facing east when the beautiful sight of Challenger rose above the tree line. Seemed like just a minute later I saw the large explosion and the multiple contrails falling toward the earth. I'll never forget the sight of the shuttle boosters flying erratically on their own swirling around. We ran back in the band room and turned on the tv. That's when our suspicion of the explosion was confirmed. That day is burned in to my memory forever.

@AmpEazy

4 жыл бұрын

Incredible sight to have burned into your memory. On a lighter note...Miami Vice! That theme song did kick ass!

@MisterIvyMike

4 жыл бұрын

On august 28, 1988, we were at the Ramstein Air Base/Germany to watch the airshow. During the splitt off of the "Freece Tricolori" ten plane formation, with white smoke on, in to a four plane and a five airplane formation and the solo machine, i said jokingly to my comrad: "Oh this looks like the Challenger explosion." (the two boosters besides the explosion cloud) A few seconds later the solo pilot crashes into the five plane formation and near besides us everything was on fire. This is my "i will never forget moment". And everytime i see the Challenger accident i remember the Ramstein crash. Crazy!

@dahawk8574

4 жыл бұрын

@@MisterIvyMike, Curiously, it is neither your story nor 51L which tops the level of horror presented in this thread. It is _your name_ which goes far beyond that. Representing orders of magnitude more carnage than both events combined.

@76SpeedDemon

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, there were alot of students around the Country and the World that have those images burned into our memory. For many it would be one of life's first true hard lessons. May the crew rest in peace and may their souls soar among the stars.

@kiwidiesel

4 жыл бұрын

I too witnessed this event in school at the time. I will never forget that first glimpse behind the door of horrors.