Challenger Disaster Live on CNN

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Challenger Disaster Live on CNN

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)

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Length: 02:23
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Video Category: News
Tags: space, shuttle, challenger, mcauliffe, sts-51-l, nasa, cnn, disaster, explosion, regan, 1986, liftoff, live, kennedy
i was 11 when i ...   (seek0316)21.11.2009
i was 11 when i watched this happened,i got up early and watched the yanky news report and they used this lift off as the back drop of thier weather report i had no one to tell as sisters were asleep and parents at work.
@brainfreeze02001 ...   (BrickUnit)21.11.2009
@brainfreeze0​2001 na just a tiny one, haha
"Obviously a major ...   (brainfreeze02001)21.11.2009
"Obviously a major malfunction..​." no shit Einstein
Not a bad way to go ...   (georgek35)21.11.2009
Not a bad way to go if you ask me.
they should have ...   (CefiroGuy3)20.11.2009
they should have named the freedom shuttle, challenger, in armageddon, in respect for these guys who never made it into space on this mission. but​ thats just me>
Don't know who said ...   (scorchx3000)20.11.2009
Don't know who said this, think it was Maggie Thatcher, but it's true. The quest must go on. I know it is hard to understand. But sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future. And we'll continue to follow them.
I had a book about ...   (scorchx3000)20.11.2009
I had a book about disasters, and challanger was one of them, so that's how i know a bit about what happened. Apparently, the russians also had a bad accident, a solyut's chutes failed to open, and the cosmonaut was killed.
panicking and ...   (brw147)20.11.2009
panicking and freaking out isn't going to help the situation at all. these guys are chosen because they can function well under pressure.
"obviously a major ...   (Spartacus217)20.11.2009
"obviously a major malfunction" he says.
pissed   (ukbarney1)19.11.2009
pissed
scorch, the ...   (DLPBurke)19.11.2009
scorch, the ignorant are everywhere. How many more of these stupid comments will we have to endure? especially "they didn't show any emotion" comments. Are these people really allowed to vote??
as people keep ...   (DLPBurke)19.11.2009
as people keep saying THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS. Professionals​ do NOT LET EMOTION GET IN THE WAY, an NOR WOULD I.
They were in shock. ...   (equarg)19.11.2009
They were in shock... They had no clue what just happened....
dude their voice ...   (cowmoocuhh)19.11.2009
dude their voice stayed the same the whole time! i would have been like HOLY SHIT they're dead!
I was in 1st grade ...   (hiphopaffiliated)19.11.2009
I was in 1st grade when this happened, Mrs.Simpsons class. We were watching live in the morning because we were excited that a teacher was on board.
lol i know like wtf   (hollowaytyler)19.11.2009
lol i know like wtf
very irritating to ...   (sid77777)19.11.2009
very irritating to listen to this video with just the left audio...i watched the other post instead ....
sad alot of schools ...   (oliviaflanagangmail)19.11.2009
sad alot of schools were going to watch the teacher teach i n space
its so horrible ...   (Platinumsupergirl09)18.11.2009
its so horrible that had to happen. i feel so bad for the people aboard. they were very brave =(
I was at least ...   (Karami)18.11.2009
I was at least expecting an "OMFG!!!" from the commentator but he's just like "looks like the boosters blew away"meh."
"..We have no ...   (defenderoFreedom)18.11.2009
"..We have no downlink..." ​ chilling news from Houston. "We​ have a report from the Flight Dynamics Officer that the vehicle has exploded!"
@MacDaddyPooty lol   (laza4liverpool)18.11.2009
@MacDaddyPooty lol
obviously a major ...   (laza4liverpool)18.11.2009
obviously a major malfunction..​.show some emotion + that cnn commentator is dumb, as if he didnt know the shuttle blew up, when he saw it live and there was no shuttle rising from that big area of smoke
A faulty O ring in ...   (tommyrock69)18.11.2009
A faulty O ring in one of the joints of the solid rocket boosters caused a flare of fire that ignited the liquid fuel tank that the shuttle sat on. I was 19 years old and in a college psychology class when this happened. A VERY sad day.
i think i was n the ...   (greedybox)18.11.2009
i think i was n the 1st grade. i remember it as if it was yesterday. a student who had just went to bathroom came back to class and informed the teacher that the space shuttle just blew up. this and the 2 tower i can remember to the exact moment.

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