Shuttle Challenger Explosion [New Copy Found; Better Quality]

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  • In July 2017 What You Haven't Seen launched by publishing the complete surveillance camera footage from the crash of Asiana 214 at San Francisco International Airport. In the time since, I am proud to have published hundreds of other significant exclusives, but despite all that, I never thought that I would find this.
    CNN has a copy of their Challenger launch broadcast footage. It's available on CNN's own TH-cam channel, and it understandably has millions of views. CNN's upload is a 360p video whose content is similar to what you see here - with three major differences: (1) this version is of substantially higher quality, (2) this version doesn't have any CNN branding, and (3) this version continues NASA's feed longer than CNN showed on air.
    This is a direct copy of NASA's broadcast feed. It was saved by NASA, and at some point a copy was transferred to the United States Geological Survey on a VHS tape. This video is a digitization of that tape; as far as I know, this is the first time it is being shown publicly.
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  • @xxredclearnightxx
    @xxredclearnightxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18654

    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
      @count1572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +727

      😭 😢 he wouldn’t be the same again :(

    • @MackenzieBell-fd1el
      @MackenzieBell-fd1el 3 ปีที่แล้ว +592

      It was a little frog toy I saw 🥺

    • @williamhiemstra4925
      @williamhiemstra4925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +466

      WHY DID I READ THIS ;(

    • @garyhisgun4996
      @garyhisgun4996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Is he still around today

    • @xxredclearnightxx
      @xxredclearnightxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@garyhisgun4996 i honestly don't know

  • @hannahvaldez6441
    @hannahvaldez6441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8848

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

    • @nickkoelle9674
      @nickkoelle9674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

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

    • @ligmaballs7430
      @ligmaballs7430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@nickkoelle9674 yeah same

    • @adamclifton29
      @adamclifton29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Kinda creepy really

    • @user-hb4df7ox3k
      @user-hb4df7ox3k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      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
      @osmofina7848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@user-hb4df7ox3k i think they were still alive

  • @NoCampDad
    @NoCampDad หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    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
      @pettykittyfam หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      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
      @Cg0322 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @BkBk-gy6vr 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@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
      @Ighnot 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

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

    • @catherinehardin6286
      @catherinehardin6286 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      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. 😢

  • @80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction
    @80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction ปีที่แล้ว +144

    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
      @annbet3684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was in my 20s

    • @winxgirl08
      @winxgirl08 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @Titanassaurus
      @Titanassaurus 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@winxgirl08come to Islam sister

    • @tjp2109
      @tjp2109 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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
      @Peyote1312 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@TitanassaurusCum 2 Scientology, my brother.

  • @londonsgaming3938
    @londonsgaming3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11117

    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
      @davidandrew4099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +735

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

    • @shrekleeapplesauce6239
      @shrekleeapplesauce6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +432

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

    • @jontraz5993
      @jontraz5993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

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

    • @soppa112
      @soppa112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jontraz5993 Jonas Albin

    • @aangmaster9392
      @aangmaster9392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

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

  • @kingdomquest2521
    @kingdomquest2521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7491

    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
      @LayneAS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +719

      that couldve been him... holy

    • @josellanes2285
      @josellanes2285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +661

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

    • @lilmissbloodbath89
      @lilmissbloodbath89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +387

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

    • @kennethburns6064
      @kennethburns6064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

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

    • @yneshAshanti
      @yneshAshanti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

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

  • @milesaway3699
    @milesaway3699 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    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
      @tigerlioness1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      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.

  • @genghiskhanii6646
    @genghiskhanii6646 ปีที่แล้ว +221

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

    • @rossanoeramo1849
      @rossanoeramo1849 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @genghiskhanii6646
      @genghiskhanii6646 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rossanoeramo1849 Prego per loro

    • @rossanoeramo1849
      @rossanoeramo1849 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @littlegamer00
      @littlegamer00 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@rossanoeramo1849How would anybody survive that?

    • @markdickenson2885
      @markdickenson2885 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @fever_spike
    @fever_spike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8882

    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
      @lanadelkae351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      What are o rings

    • @kelseyallman8424
      @kelseyallman8424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

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

    • @lovezys1235
      @lovezys1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      That's fucked up

    • @euanhayes5822
      @euanhayes5822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1067

      @@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
      @alfredcam9362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      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...

  • @magnusb.20
    @magnusb.20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8324

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

    • @Mouse-Step
      @Mouse-Step 3 ปีที่แล้ว +354

      Wait rlly

    • @travtuck7646
      @travtuck7646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2383

      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
      @Mouse-Step 3 ปีที่แล้ว +417

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

    • @travtuck7646
      @travtuck7646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +560

      @@Mouse-Step personal egress air pack

    • @Mouse-Step
      @Mouse-Step 3 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      @@travtuck7646 ohhhhhh thankyou for telling me

  • @allys744
    @allys744 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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.

  • @ourmodestfamily
    @ourmodestfamily 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    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.

  • @solorzanoc10
    @solorzanoc10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6189

    Watching the footage before they took off gives me chills.

    • @SmoL-Mushroom2
      @SmoL-Mushroom2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I feel you

    • @halogang544
      @halogang544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Shit crazy

    • @Ruby0465
      @Ruby0465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      73 seconds though...tragic

    • @josephcollins628
      @josephcollins628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @bigboppshotreviews
      @bigboppshotreviews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @spiltmilk0204
    @spiltmilk0204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8303

    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.
      @NathanielChapman. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +640

      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
      @mia8911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +321

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

    • @827Drew
      @827Drew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      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
      @gregorsamsa1364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @RejiAbraham_71
    @RejiAbraham_71 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    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 😢

  • @jonhandel8159
    @jonhandel8159 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

  • @Ryan-em1sv
    @Ryan-em1sv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5050

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

    • @_HMCB_
      @_HMCB_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      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
      @superaussieviking4013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +281

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

    • @matthewdurden5929
      @matthewdurden5929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +221

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

    • @_HMCB_
      @_HMCB_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @Bejman13
      @Bejman13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

  • @spacexksp-vojtak9908
    @spacexksp-vojtak9908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3411

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

    • @jihokim788
      @jihokim788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @BeanOfBean
      @BeanOfBean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @ 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
      @Baolong-Phan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @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
      @saucycup1628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @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
      @cashcreations8797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nicholassutton8210 that's a high five

  • @cindytartt4048
    @cindytartt4048 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    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. ❤❤❤

  • @martinmedina9015
    @martinmedina9015 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I remember this very vividly. I was a senior in high school and I was with one of my favorite teachers and some friends watching it in his classrooms TV. We're in school and quiet!! May they rest in peace and we will never forget!!

  • @JackJackKcajify
    @JackJackKcajify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4707

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

    • @Sec1
      @Sec1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @takeshikovacs8756
      @takeshikovacs8756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Sec1 shut the fuck up Rocket

    • @reaghanrandall3729
      @reaghanrandall3729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@takeshikovacs8756 ok um relax

    • @Sec1
      @Sec1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@takeshikovacs8756 Now I'm not

    • @iwaited90daystochangemynam87
      @iwaited90daystochangemynam87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

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

  • @lunacydepp8251
    @lunacydepp8251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3516

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

    • @lunacydepp8251
      @lunacydepp8251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

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

    • @obamaprism3997
      @obamaprism3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @theshermantanker7043
      @theshermantanker7043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @Yungknown
      @Yungknown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @Alberto-sv1ou
      @Alberto-sv1ou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

  • @kenworth3479
    @kenworth3479 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @wowzers1069
    @wowzers1069 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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.

  • @gatorscoops3861
    @gatorscoops3861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3125

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

    • @ketchumx
      @ketchumx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

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

    • @flak8857
      @flak8857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @NathanielChapman.
      @NathanielChapman. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

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

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @NathanielChapman.
      @NathanielChapman. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

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

  • @cbozo8980
    @cbozo8980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5182

    Even after explosion, the guy continues narrating so calmly.

    • @mikethespike056
      @mikethespike056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +900

      That's why he's at the job.

    • @mikethespike056
      @mikethespike056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @Keiji Shinogi True.

    • @MichaelMyers66793
      @MichaelMyers66793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

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

    • @marcinmackowicz1332
      @marcinmackowicz1332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @mixz49
      @mixz49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @@marcinmackowicz1332 dude what?

  • @versansky75
    @versansky75 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @StephenLuke
    @StephenLuke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2913

    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)

  • @Nilguiri
    @Nilguiri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5104

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

    • @southjerseysound7340
      @southjerseysound7340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      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
      @calvinsmith7679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@southjerseysound7340 ..

    • @joshuauriarte452
      @joshuauriarte452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

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

    • @Nilguiri
      @Nilguiri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

  • @Mike-pv6et
    @Mike-pv6et 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @roses044
    @roses044 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    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
      @hansolo631 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

  • @jetpilot1967
    @jetpilot1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1719

    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
      @carahughes257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What do you mean by finalist? Xx

    • @TLK9419
      @TLK9419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

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

    • @leoj2439
      @leoj2439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      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
      @JackR_TV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @davemiller6055
      @davemiller6055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @isaned
    @isaned 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3387

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

    • @user-hh8kv1xk1t
      @user-hh8kv1xk1t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      How's that an understatement?

    • @bxlindq9420
      @bxlindq9420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

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

    • @caleballen5367
      @caleballen5367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

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

    • @SkylineGTRFreak
      @SkylineGTRFreak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @eljoelo2459
      @eljoelo2459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @borod5571
    @borod5571 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    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.

  • @JonnyLee
    @JonnyLee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3714

    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
      @mrsportfish8987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +539

      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
      @cutiepie5884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Boeing says HI

    • @tonyhill1916
      @tonyhill1916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Maths, not math. 👍

    • @nzbradmorgan
      @nzbradmorgan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Tony Hill American or British?

    • @PhilCouling
      @PhilCouling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Brad Morgan - actually it’s greek.

  • @fardicus0004
    @fardicus0004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5807

    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
      @IratePuffin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      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
      @czr5145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

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

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +605

      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
      @kmeadows100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +396

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

    • @copperpenny0209
      @copperpenny0209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      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.

  • @BUNKERJR53
    @BUNKERJR53 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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".

  • @BigAl1976
    @BigAl1976 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    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.

  • @botwitaprice
    @botwitaprice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    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
      @jrnvrm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @thatoneskierdude4410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @aprilleerose
      @aprilleerose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @justinhackstadt6677
      @justinhackstadt6677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @thegaminggallimimus4429 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @cadefowler478
    @cadefowler478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +661

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

    • @James-rq9qb
      @James-rq9qb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @Afro.G.
      @Afro.G. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@James-rq9qb best damn response 😂

    • @mrcommonsense9074
      @mrcommonsense9074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why u make me laugh ? Guess life moves on.

    • @DavyDave1313
      @DavyDave1313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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
      @ericschnautz6603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @2BachShakur
    @2BachShakur 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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.

  • @Visitor2Earth
    @Visitor2Earth 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.

  • @julievanderleest
    @julievanderleest ปีที่แล้ว +2734

    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
      @denisliber6740 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      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
      @FlatEarthKiller ปีที่แล้ว +101

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

    • @SweBeach2023
      @SweBeach2023 ปีที่แล้ว +150

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

    • @FlatEarthKiller
      @FlatEarthKiller ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@SweBeach2023 he had no vidual btw

    • @FlatEarthKiller
      @FlatEarthKiller ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@SweBeach2023 visual *

  • @obiwon76
    @obiwon76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2285

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

    • @jaycecampbell9688
      @jaycecampbell9688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea

    • @jaycecampbell9688
      @jaycecampbell9688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @krakenjm6877
      @krakenjm6877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

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

    • @snek6582
      @snek6582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @vern15
      @vern15 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Q

  • @epochpilot9404
    @epochpilot9404 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @liram1971
    @liram1971 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @OfficialRepublicans
    @OfficialRepublicans 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3865

    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 TH-cam comment sections ✌🏽

    • @k31_444
      @k31_444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

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

    • @imscarlet1404
      @imscarlet1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      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
      @user-js5me1bb7i 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Reminds me of 1986 Chernobyl

    • @lizxu322
      @lizxu322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      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
      @abdallahatia7209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @springlocks9067
    @springlocks9067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2874

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

    • @katieb1049
      @katieb1049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +236

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

    • @springlocks9067
      @springlocks9067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +330

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

    • @katieb1049
      @katieb1049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

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

    • @arbor8445
      @arbor8445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      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
      @beckybecky9304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@arbor8445 clown

  • @jamesdean8022
    @jamesdean8022 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    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
      @ronniebishop2496 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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
      @jessiesutor280 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      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
      @connor8558 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @ronniebishop2496
      @ronniebishop2496 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @yassassin6425
      @yassassin6425 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ronniebishop2496
      What? How?

  • @mrbeefhead
    @mrbeefhead 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @samspiria2564
    @samspiria2564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +832

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

    • @xzcsdf9574
      @xzcsdf9574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      they have to

    • @asparaguses_gf
      @asparaguses_gf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @yipflaptheexecutioner6519
      @yipflaptheexecutioner6519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      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
      @robshaw9797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      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
      @muckman2673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He was probably terrified too but he had to keep calm

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 ปีที่แล้ว +2038

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

    • @zac9155
      @zac9155 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hello there

    • @Milzsupercol
      @Milzsupercol ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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
      @sunnex474 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Milzsupercol TH-cam is 13+…

    • @mattbull2991
      @mattbull2991 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s terrific entertainment though

    • @colegustafson199
      @colegustafson199 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @cjsadman3750
    @cjsadman3750 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is so sad and eerie, as I am certain some of them had a very bad feeling that morning, this just never should have happened! Hope all surviving family and or friends,are okay today, and that they are very proud of the sacrifice their loved ones made that day! ❤

  • @trevinhickman9022
    @trevinhickman9022 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 💯

  • @sako3xx
    @sako3xx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1902

    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
      @tomhumphrey7383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      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
      @bazzytonoak7130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      No way that’s nuts

    • @ntitanium
      @ntitanium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +232

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

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +331

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

    • @oliverwayne1797
      @oliverwayne1797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

  • @This_is_a_dead_channel_rip_CxP
    @This_is_a_dead_channel_rip_CxP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +661

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

    • @ochsj1971
      @ochsj1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      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
      @robroyce6845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      indeed!

    • @codje41
      @codje41 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @NathanielChapman.
      @NathanielChapman. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @corneliuscrewe677
      @corneliuscrewe677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @harveysengers1379
    @harveysengers1379 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @letusgather...7820
    @letusgather...7820 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    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.

  • @gaynorpatterson2915
    @gaynorpatterson2915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +627

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

    • @The_real_maddiegrace
      @The_real_maddiegrace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Sec1
      @Sec1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_real_maddiegrace Yeah So much heartbreaking :,(💔

    • @NathanielChapman.
      @NathanielChapman. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @The_real_maddiegrace 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.
      @NathanielChapman. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @GRasputin91
    @GRasputin91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    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
      @desertrose1226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @davewilliams5102
      @davewilliams5102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @melodiefrances3898
      @melodiefrances3898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christa McCulloughs parents were there watching. 😱😭💔

    • @trouble_maker_alivin2435
      @trouble_maker_alivin2435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @Ribbital 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kingMT514
    @kingMT514 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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.

  • @MarcMullo
    @MarcMullo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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.🙏

  • @danielmuscarella8239
    @danielmuscarella8239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2994

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

    • @Leo.kirsopp
      @Leo.kirsopp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +393

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

    • @thesaintforever257
      @thesaintforever257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +621

      @@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
      @BrittanyMarie27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

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

    • @stevenroberts5741
      @stevenroberts5741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      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
      @Iwillnotbepushed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      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.

  • @Outkast-sv9es
    @Outkast-sv9es 3 ปีที่แล้ว +860

    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
      @SneakyNinja-el5bn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

    • @urquanseven2332
      @urquanseven2332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @MaxLujan
      @MaxLujan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Patriots Rising take your meds

    • @chilliecheesecake
      @chilliecheesecake 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @PanglossDr
      @PanglossDr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought he stayed amazingly calm.

  • @leechapa7279
    @leechapa7279 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was one of the few to watch this live from my school. It was just before I had to leave for school. I went to school that day with a sad face. I still have a newspaper from that event.

  • @michaelkervarec3653
    @michaelkervarec3653 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @massari4u
    @massari4u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1669

    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
      @Mente_Universal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fake

    • @clqude
      @clqude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Mente_Universal
      What?

    • @masterblaster3653
      @masterblaster3653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Mente_Universal lol flat earther noob

    • @a-sonicboy8177
      @a-sonicboy8177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Mente_Universal 😕

    • @Vulcan715
      @Vulcan715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

  • @waynefinnicumbb3701
    @waynefinnicumbb3701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1765

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

    • @ikodashiigo
      @ikodashiigo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Rest In Peace

    • @farex4459
      @farex4459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I feel really bad for u :(

    • @renneedwards9826
      @renneedwards9826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I’m so sorry honey 🥺

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Twice...

    • @KristiannaStephani
      @KristiannaStephani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh my goodness. I’m so sorry. 💔

  • @ozlemyakar
    @ozlemyakar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @sharoncurtis5820
    @sharoncurtis5820 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember watching the shuttle launch on TV in school. I was 11 yrs old. I remember feeing real upset and sad for weeks after it.

  • @Mabeylater293
    @Mabeylater293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +349

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

    • @veritateseducational217
      @veritateseducational217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      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
      @Nockenz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jesus Christ man

    • @radiotelevision2371
      @radiotelevision2371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @veritateseducational217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
      @radiotelevision2371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @carliebeau5329
    @carliebeau5329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    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
      @aprilleerose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We watched it in class as well

    • @littlemizredhead
      @littlemizredhead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @theloanranger2632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @nic_a_bic6780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @bethgoodwin5564
      @bethgoodwin5564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @re8746
    @re8746 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @jenesaisquoijones5423
    @jenesaisquoijones5423 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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.

  • @scott27288
    @scott27288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +606

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

    • @luyscastillo8669
      @luyscastillo8669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What that means? Sorry not english speaker.

    • @madezra64
      @madezra64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@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
      @franciscocollazo7863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @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
      @budisantoso6305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @franciscocollazo7863
      @franciscocollazo7863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Patriots Rising- Its the gravitational pull from Uranus.

  • @verteabrae
    @verteabrae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    35 years today. RIP Challenger Crew

    • @thebaxman4459
      @thebaxman4459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @jadehedglin1430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jeffreyknight3884
      @jeffreyknight3884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @mr.raccoon1295 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @Tarheel13
      @Tarheel13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeffreyknight3884 too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

  • @winterpatriot1429
    @winterpatriot1429 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember watching this live (TV live) while sitting in my 5th grade Science class. The school district sent everybody home. Of course, it wasn’t a time for celebration, and nobody WAS celebrating.
    Doesn’t seem like it was almost 40 years ago. And, even after almost 40 years, this still hurts to watch. Sad.

  • @pgm_2576
    @pgm_2576 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    watching it now in modern times. It feels strange, i feel sad to those who are inside the shuttle not knowing they won't even reached the real space. They could have expecting the best. Also, thankful for contributing to improve more the industry

  • @prodbyjdn6752
    @prodbyjdn6752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    The silence is what’s more horrific 😖

    • @mont9150
      @mont9150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True. Everyone is shocked and speechless

  • @donkeyheads
    @donkeyheads ปีที่แล้ว +887

    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
      @shawnjenkins7469 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      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
      @jamiec6504 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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
      @drgeek100 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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
      @theplaguedocta ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @chucklauber9914
      @chucklauber9914 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @XX-pl3tm
    @XX-pl3tm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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".

  • @rex15267
    @rex15267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    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
      @robloxvids2233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

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

    • @highlighterjelly
      @highlighterjelly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @twelvefortytwo4730
      @twelvefortytwo4730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @robloxvids2233
      @robloxvids2233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @michaelanonymous9600
      @michaelanonymous9600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Ink_Fazkitty
    @Ink_Fazkitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    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
      @ejosjek52.87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Timestamp?

    • @Ink_Fazkitty
      @Ink_Fazkitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @ejosjek52.87
      @ejosjek52.87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ink_Fazkitty 4:20

    • @channelantoneon
      @channelantoneon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      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
      @chocolatecoveredgummybears 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      didn't sound like that at all, lmao

  • @visionhawk4403
    @visionhawk4403 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was in 8th grade science class when this happened and the whole class was watching it on TV. Everyone was so shocked. I don't remember anyone speaking for the rest of the class. I'll never forget that feeling of shock and horror I felt when I saw this.

  • @Denwitty
    @Denwitty 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @heinzschmitt9661
    @heinzschmitt9661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2141

    It's good that the SPACEX Dragon has a launch escape operation to hopefully avoid anything like this happening in the future.

    • @janskacel9480
      @janskacel9480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      That wouldn't help in this situation. Space shuttle also could emergency separate and make high g turn from SRBs, but there was no warning.

    • @praxton
      @praxton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@janskacel9480 Yeah too sudden to escape. Even for modern systems.

    • @denninosyos
      @denninosyos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      @@praxton The Falcon 9 is a complex rocket. If any critical parameter for crew safety is out of family, it would trigger an in-flight abort. If an explosion occurs in the booster or second stage, you have the trunk acting as a buffer protecting the Dragon capsule itself. Which also buys the abort system time to trigger. The capsule is also more robust than the Shuttle in its design, especially when it comes to non-nominal aerodynamic forces, which was the reason Challenger broke up.

    • @lexwaldez
      @lexwaldez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      it's better than nothing, but i hope we never see it in action.

    • @davidfrench5407
      @davidfrench5407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@janskacel9480 I think, at lower altitudes. the Shuttle would not have had enough energy to make it back to the runway at Kennedy.

  • @100SteveB
    @100SteveB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    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
      @BobC250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @100SteveB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@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
      @questiaorgandi1762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@100SteveB well said

    • @NaparoniAndZzs
      @NaparoniAndZzs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @alviebutler8643
      @alviebutler8643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @CS-np2oo
    @CS-np2oo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was 8 years old at Roosevelt Elementary in Hyde Park in Boston, MA.
    This followed on the heels of the death of Samantha Smith and her father.
    I just remember this time as when some people who meant alot to the New England region were lost tragically.

  • @dakasis
    @dakasis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.........

  • @j_m_b_1914
    @j_m_b_1914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +615

    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
      @Bishop228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      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
      @celestiallizard420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

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

    • @buckethead60
      @buckethead60 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @Martin9476
      @Martin9476 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @romanday3429 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Bishop228 typical saints fan

  • @IzZzy17
    @IzZzy17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1323

    This makes me so sad and mad. NASA KNEW what it was unsafe to fly but they cared more about the schedule than the lives of everyone on board. And this teacher wanted to teach kids about space in space and this footage is disturbing and the people didint even know until after that they had died. The people on the flight were so happy before... I’m crying

    • @jayus2033
      @jayus2033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is why eLoN musk has more iq than everyone at nasa combined

    • @akrama1142
      @akrama1142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      They cared more about impressing the government

    • @tlam3028
      @tlam3028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@jayus2033 Oh please, Elon Musk has literal colbalt mines where children work and die. Elon Musk is no better than the higher ups at NASA

    • @radiotelevision2371
      @radiotelevision2371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@akrama1142 I hope the government was pretty fucking impressed

    • @dendooz1059
      @dendooz1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Glad that the space administration has greatly improved in its safety in flight

  • @jimwatson842
    @jimwatson842 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    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
      @AdityaSingh97 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Does not matter. It was an L

    • @jimwatson842
      @jimwatson842 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @AngelRose97 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @jimwatson842 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @AngelRose97 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @hansolo631
    @hansolo631 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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
      @WhatEvenIsAGoodName หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @hansolo631 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @AccountInactive หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @akulahawk
      @akulahawk 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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.

  • @mickeyphillips6603
    @mickeyphillips6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    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
      @bikerchrisukk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That's very commendable, thank you for sharing.

    • @pilotkush80
      @pilotkush80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @mickeyphillips6603
      @mickeyphillips6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      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
      @johnanders8861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @TheContingencyPlan
      @TheContingencyPlan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @mishie618
    @mishie618 ปีที่แล้ว +1469

    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
      @liamcole9319 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@russlogan181 okay russ...

    • @russlogan181
      @russlogan181 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @jaydeeroberts8990
      @jaydeeroberts8990 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its not horrible there was no gore nor blood.

    • @james_fisch
      @james_fisch ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@russlogan181 I remember my first beer

    • @MementoMori7777
      @MementoMori7777 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @bxpress6507
    @bxpress6507 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @Heather-xz8fk
    @Heather-xz8fk ปีที่แล้ว

    All these years later, it still sends me reeling.

  • @dt6126
    @dt6126 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    This was one of those events in life where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened.

    • @Osunshoney409
      @Osunshoney409 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Exactly! Just like nine eleven.

    • @allisonjohnson6399
      @allisonjohnson6399 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I was home for a teacher workday, so I got to watch it at home. I never as an 8 year old thought I would see something like that while sitting on my pink flowered bed, watching my 13 inch black and white TV with an Atari attached...God the details are so vivid, My mom was in the kitchen cooking so she didn't see it. I started screaming and crying that the shuttle exploded. She thought I must have seen the booster separation, which does flame, but I insisted that wasn't it. She came in my room and they were showing all the footage and we both sat on my bed and cried.

    • @sh0t0kan
      @sh0t0kan ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was in the 5th grade during math. We were all watching on TV. The Airbase sirens went off and the base was immediately locked down and we we're all sent home.

    • @ThrillzTheGreatest
      @ThrillzTheGreatest ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's Flashbulb memory for ya

    • @FronosElectronics
      @FronosElectronics ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Vestis Last time i checked , just because a disaster is in the US , doesn't mean the world outside cannot mourn it. People globally talked about 9/11 , Queen Elizabeth's death , the Turkey earthquake , and this.

  • @elephant35e
    @elephant35e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    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
      @joshuajones2204 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      1996 is ten years after, not 12

    • @elephant35e
      @elephant35e 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @elephant35e
      @elephant35e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @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
      @jamesnialG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Gaming And Movie Entertainment it blew up in 1986.

    • @joshuajones2204
      @joshuajones2204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @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