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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I remember this… My grade 9 Teacher was on there.. The entire school was watching, and we? all were so happy… Then it exploded…
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@Brentsey That’s just mean? dude it’s been 25 years and you just make an assaholic comment, you should feel sorry for the people who saw their teacher explode
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@avsky123 I think he probably was in shock. Even? if you know that there’s an outside chance that something like this could happen, you’re just never ever really prepared for something like that to happen.
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Haha, fucking epic explosion.?
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it blode up ! blode up good 1 yep , blode up real good ! isnt that awful ! that guy from Morton Thyacol warned NASA(bunch a arrogant fools) that them O-rings might not seal and they didnt and it went and blode up ! them head honchos at NASA should have ben tried for arrogance and stupidity and then executed ! had they waited for warmer weather this would not of happened ! them head honchos at nasa should have ben made to ride on one that blode? up !
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@Pizzaboy721 ? …. there’s always an arsehole on every Youtube site!
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It dincintegrated into nothing but ash…..families and friends, expecting them to come back from around the moon but…they came back ASH…. imagine how confused the families and friends must be, to see that their friend or family member, will never come back…. I: After 25 years, the Challenger was the legend. GO: SCOBEE, MCNAIR, AND? MCAULIFF!
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It’s almost as if they were in denial of the tragedy that had just transpired. I respect their calmness in such a frightening situation. I don’t know? if I would have been so mature. Taking into account the large elementary school audiences, the broadcasters’ decision to remain calm was a good one.
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@iwanttobeajesusfreak Except saying that is judging, and you have no? right to do so according to your beliefs. You think saying these things are helping people but those are vile things to say. You have your beliefs and you have your free speech (even though it is contradictory to what you believe) but don’t expect people to praise you for them, or even be grateful. You are what people hate about christianity, saying something hateful in the spirit of love. And what you say IS hateful, period.
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I don’t understand what u wanted the announcer to do? He’s not gonna start jumping around screaming I’m coo coo for cocoa puffs. It was an awful tragedy and he, like many others, did not know to what extent the tragedy went. It was a sign of strength to the families of the? affected and to the people of the world for him to keep it together. Times were different then, it was the first real live filmed disaster and it was broadcasted to nearly 50% of all elementary kids. A little tact and a meas
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@aimhigh59 —Yeah, I know……Deltas, Atlas, Shuttle, etc. they all have different areas, whether it’s the LCC, MCC, FCRs, blah, blah….. But, they are absolutely experienced and trained PAO or Media personnel who prepare for contingencies. They aren’t free-stylin’ on the mic …? haha. It’s a lot of work to prep commentary for a launch. This ain’t karaoke amateur hour…
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The PAO was probably looking at a computer? screen so he could read off the velocity/altitude/downrange readings when it broke up. Also, it is his job to remain perfectly calm no matter what happens during the launch.
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