Challenger Disaster Live on CNN

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Description: 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 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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Mowac ::: Favorites It was a major malfunction alright...in decision making.....NASA was warned numerous times the day before by Morton-Thiokol(SRB manufacturer) not to launch below freezing conditions because of how the O-rings would re-act to cold temperatures. NASA killed those 7 astronauts. 07-10-27 00:01:58 __________________________________________________
TsarObezyanka ::: Favorites I almost turned two when this happened. My birthday being 30th of January. What a sad sad voyage. 07-10-24 06:47:26 __________________________________________________
robinoi ::: Favorites What do you mean, 'i almost turned two', was that some kind of reaction? You need to use the pluperfect tense to be clear. 07-10-24 11:56:38 __________________________________________________
TsarObezyanka ::: Favorites My birthday is 30th of January. The event happened on 28th of January. 07-10-25 06:36:24 __________________________________________________
robinoi ::: Favorites Tsk! you missed the point. o well. Do you remember this from the time? 'obviously a major malfunction' - brilliant understatement 07-10-25 06:40:53 __________________________________________________
LittleTramp1921 ::: Favorites the guy's a professional, he's hardly gonna start screaming to God is he... 07-10-25 14:42:40 __________________________________________________
robinoi ::: Favorites he could do. how many vids of 9/11 have the sole dialogue as some greek chorus of 'ohhh myyy goooddd' or 'oh my gaaahhhdd' \ what do you konw? you work in shuttle tv commentary or something? retard 07-10-25 14:51:25 __________________________________________________
striker1057 ::: Favorites Point??? 07-10-26 20:25:18 __________________________________________________
dogpoor ::: Favorites space-shuttle dot com/challenger1.htm 07-10-23 13:16:23 __________________________________________________
dogpoor ::: Favorites On March 8, 1986, a search team found the crew cabin; it had not been destroyed in the explosion. The bodies of all seven crew members were found, still strapped into their seats. Autopsies were done but exact cause of death was inconclusive. Look on About dot com to find out about the facts. That thing falling after was the cabin with them in it. 07-10-23 13:00:25 __________________________________________________