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)
Imagine training for years only to die in an explosion before experiencing what you were training for your whole life
the main guy was a teacher, he didn't train his whole life, nor did he predict he would end up in space. He did go on experience the greatest failure in the history of space exploration, and that would have been terrifying. There were other guys but they weren't vips so nobody cared
King of Crabs Apollo 1 beats challenger in my opinion sorry... why do you think challenger was a greater catastrophe than Apollo 1 ? No way near as iconic. Apollo 1 was the first rocket with the objective of getting humanity to the moon. Whereas challenger and the space shuttle age achieved nothing relative to the Apollo age... and had no goal compared to the Apollo one by level... ?
@@John76125 the failure of the challenger shuttle was more catastrophic, it was a single really really bad thing that caused the rapid unplanned deconstruction of the entire rocket during flight. Apollo 1 was a mixture of a fire and the door and a few other things. To add to that the casualty number of Apollo 1 was only 3 compared to challenger which had a total of 7. Just because the failure was more iconic it does not mean that the challenger failure was more destructive, and the challenger became as iconic in its own right. It showed that we still should not take anything for granted when it comes to space. Sort of like a modern day Icarus. Was the Apollo 1 failure more "iconic" certainly, was it an overall worse failure of casualties and destruction no it was not.
Quetzalcoatl Who’s Icarus?
@@TheStepmonkey icarus is from a greek myth, the story goes that icarus and his father, daedalus, were trapped in crete and wanted to leave, so daedalus built large strap on wings for the both of them. before leaving, he warned icarus that if he flew to close to the sun, the wings would melt off. when they left, icarus was so happy disregarded his father's warning, flying way too high, so naturally his wings melted and icarus fell to his death.
For anyone curious, this was caused by the decreased elasticity of the O rings due to the low temperature that day. This tragedy could have been easily avoided had the NASA managers listened to any of their engineers.
But in space it gets much colder.
@@joshuatanase3718 The O rings were meant to seal the fuel inside the thrusters. They ditch the thrusters before getting into space
Yeah thanks - we have Netflix too.
@@joshuatanase3718 Great question
@@Mattska329 Thanks
The tension and silence after the explosion is palpable. Reminds me of when I got to class September 11th and on the TV, one plane had hit the first tower. We were all talking about it as if the pilot had made an error and it was just an accident. Then only a few moments later, the second plane hit. The silence was deafening in that moment as we were all trying to process what just happened.
The metal beams bro.
woah woah woah
Hey, sometimes you gotta tackle life the same way those planes tackled those twin towers. You got this ✨
It's scary to think that it was all planned by the government. There's nowhere to run.
@@BasedRed-pq1jo What does that have to do with innocent civilians though?
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this, it still breaks my heart.
Apparently, the shuttle crew are still alive and kicking. Well, almost all of them anyway. Rocket was doing anything but going upwards, as you can clearly see.
Then why watch it
@@AustinAllison98 sometimes someone might watch something to deliberately rekindle a particular emotion - it may have more subtle underlying associations that even the viewer may not realise they're connecting with. Dreams can be quite similar, in that - even though there is an element of sadness, you'll be aware that you have reason to want to reconnect with whatever was happening there...in order to "right" whatever seemed wrong at the time.
@@mod4237 :)
Whats the count at so far gore lover???
The scariest part is that recent evidence suggests that the crew survived the explosion, and only died when they hit the ocean below at a huge speed.
Ya okay
Idk man lol how tf would you survive that?
It’s true. It’s believed at least some of them survived the explosion. If you look it up, there are pics of the crew cabin falling down midair
@@YourPlug1 That statement has come from NASA... Something to do with the materials the crew cabin was built out of.
@@YourPlug1 some of the emergency equipment had been activated in the cockpit. I think maybe the oxygen masks or something? Either way, only stuff that could have happened if the crew survived the initial explosion.
The operator who said “obviously a major malfunction” must’ve been internally panicking like everybody else, but props to that guy for keeping his cool.
Dahkittydoonsta I mean he wasn’t lying...
Your favorite random channel true
i came for dirt and found gold
@@Evzone1821 Exactly. The guy has to keep his composure no matter what, he's the one guy on the ground that can't lose it.
Your favorite random channel we men with deep voices are calm
I remember as a 9y old watching this live in school. What was supposed to be a happy fun day. Turned into a horrible day I'll never forget. Everyone in our class n the whole school got sent home early. What brave souls they are..
Good.
i remember coming back from lunch to my Business Math classroom and our Teacher Mrs. Huck ...a very nice Southern school teacher [ i live in ny btw, weird huh!?] breaking the awful events to us ....that year was dark for the entire year after that for me!
Why were u sent home?
@@samwisethebrave288 ok? Whats so good about it.....
@@NoneYuh-kg1qzEveryone from my elementary school was sent home too. It was so that our parents could explain to us what we just saw
My mother watched this live on the news when she was in school still remember her telling me this story when I was young absolutely a terrible thing to happen or experience ❤️ sending love to all the families who lost a part of themselves that day
We all were watching it at school. It was a huge deal back then.
I was 12 years old at the time. Remember watching it live as it happened. A sombre day.
Was this 86 because it was on TV
So did I. I had to stop this video. I cant watch it again, and Im not even American. This and your 9-11 are probably the two worst things Ive experienced next to the death of my brother.
Who cares this was funny 😂
The fact it was a known issue they ignored to fix is still sickening.
They didn’t want them to go back.
"nah we dont wanna pay money"
@@su-25frogfoot74 An engineer gave headsup about that
@@su-25frogfoot74 Supposedly some engineers reported the O ring issue and that it could become a problem. It did.
@@su-25frogfoot74 All I said was supposedly, I didn't said that it was a fact. I'm just relaying information that I'm seeing on a variety of other comments here.
"Obviously a major malfunction" Understatement of the century.
Toori Baba lmao I know wtf.
The exact same comment as a comment on the CNN video of this.
It’s a post ED-209 statement. It’s inhumane in its total inability to match what was going on.
@@RonCecchetti mommy drank a bit while you were in her belly, didnt she?
@@RonCecchetti This comment honestly pains me... (This comment being yours)
I can still remember the stunned silence in the classroom as we watched it unfold. The teacher was particularly upset because she had been one of the many teachers who applied to be the one went to space. That's why she was super interested in having the class watch it live
She's lucky btw
she is still alive ?
There’s always one of these people. “I was going to go to the trade center on 9/11!” “I was going to be on that plane before it crashed!” “My teacher applied to be on that space program” 🤦 Like dude, yeah sure okay
When you grow up dreaming of the stars and are at an age where you see this live on TV and not understand the context of what happened at the time. It leaves a permanent mark on you. I still tear up seeing this even now. Because I was obsessed with space travel, astronomy and the planets at the time. It set space travel back probably 10 years but is inevitable and a risk every time. It is those that keep dreaming and keeping searching for answers out there who make their lives worth the sacrifice.
it was totally evitable
I respect your right to have your opinion. In my opinion, I wouldn't call a preventable tragedy, as this was, worth the loss of 7 lives. May they all have been resting in peace all these 37+ years.
Christa's family watched this live including her children. Imagine the horror.
Insurance money though.
@@BigEightiesNewWave upside
dang
Omg
Buff Barnaby that’s just disrespectful, imagine the horror if that was your family
I remember watching this in elementary school.... the teacher immediately turned the TV off and the class was silent with disbelief. God bless them and their families.
@@Ken-ky4ju LmFao
Vic11 Rob74 He sure as hell wasn’t blessing them when they were free falling for two minutes in a fiery cockpit before hitting the ocean at terminal velocity...while the families watched it unfold in real time.
RedRose7997 why you so aggressive?
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RedRose7997 You gotta stop being such an asshole.
I vividly remember this like it was yesterday. I was watching it live in elementary school and once the teachers realized what had happened, they quickly turned off the tv. They all had a horrified look on their faces and I remember realizing that everyone had probably died. My childhood was very different after that. Such a tragedy that could have been avoided.
my dad was an immigrant who moved to Florida. he was enthusiastic to get a glimpse of Florida's Kennedy space center launch. he had been one of the spectators and that day had left him in shock which is why he never let me or any of my siblings follow any sort of aviation pathway due to it. he saw America as a dream life once he moved but that introduction for him damaged it.
Boo frickin hoo
I was in elementary school when this occurred. We were supposed to do a science class over the television with the teacher that won a contest to go to space. Us kids were confused, and didn’t understand what happened at first. Our teachers were crying, they turned the tvs off. After a while they explained the situation to us as gently as they could. Definitely a day I will always remember.
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:(
That damn teddy bear did it.
@@charadreemurr1925 oh no why did you feel the need to make me laugh on such a serious video 😭😭
@@hasna2012 lighten the mood
@@hasna2012 ikr but I'm so sorry if I made you cry
@@xxredclearnightxx nah don't worry :)
The thing is, someone warned NASA a day before the launch not to proceed. This was because the low temperature would cause a malfunction, yet NASA still went with it
Who was the person that told NASA not to launch it?
@@zbuilder4664 Bob Ebeling
Literally every engineer at the company that made the srb’s said not to launch, it was a single man who wasn’t even a engineer or scientist who signed off on the launch
@@realyopikechannel Oh? Because I saw a documentary about it, and it said that only Bob Ebeling warned them
Some Random Thicc Boi in the documentary I watched (challenger a rush to launch) they talked about how people from nasa had a conference call with multiple engineers talking about a previous O ring failure where only the first O ring failed but not both of them and the company that made the booster said that it was not designed to fly in Temps below 53 degrees Fahrenheit, then the dude who said that and refused to sign on the flight was fired to prevent him from testify at the official investigation into the challenger accident, although he did eventually testify, but moral of the story is people who have a quota to meet (there was tons of public skepticism about the space shuttle after it was delayed mutiple times before this flight and we barley got 2 flights every year) should not be able to override the actual people who made the damn thing
I’m from Russia and every time i watched this my heart freezes. I can’t imagine what a disaster it was for USA and for all mankind.
No you are russian you have no hearts
@@jean-olivierpaquette8760 savez-vous ce qu'est la nuance? Les dirigeants russes sont sans coeurs mais la population n'a rien demandé.
"Patrick, the temperature's the lowest we've ever had for a launch! Did you manage to run a quality check on the O-ring seals around the right SRB?" "No." 1:37
Ladies and gentlemen, this is unfortunality what happens, when the person in charge is too arrogant to listen/believe in the opinion of a qualified engineer below his rank.
i agree
What happened exactly??
@@Zlnfgz Basically it was colder than usual. The start hat already been aborted once and one engineer gave out a warning for possible catastrophic failure caused by material deformation/possible small missalignments due to the thermal conditions around. Unfortunality there was too much preassure from above and the "no is not an answer" mentality causing the start not to be cancelled a second time. The shuttle exploded due to a leak in the fueltank seen as a small fire next to the burn flame during start phase. It is common believe, that the austronauts survived the initial explosion and died when the main capsule module impacted the sea crashing down at high speed.
@@schnitzel2425 Oh.. ok
@@schnitzel2425 Oh wow, thanks
Whether you’ve seen this before or not, watching it knowing an accident is going to occur any moment is really unsettling to sit through.
Fr I was tryna guess when it would happen
but only thanks to these disasters we came up with better designs for safer flights
@@sauce6746 that's a fun game.
Twin towers are worse.
I couldnt take my eyes off the screen cuz i thought id miss it. No way im gonna see the aftermath before i see the explosion on my first viewing
This is probably the most heart wrenching feeling for any family, watching their loved ones die in front of their eyes, helpless. 😢
"Obviously a major malfunction." Understatement of 1986 right there.
"More delays than they care to count" A completely harmless sentence no doubt, but just so eerie when its said 10 seconds before the shuttle broke up
Saw a mini doco where they said they had warnings about a possible catastrophic failure but because they were on a budget and on a schedule more delays would of put them over the budget. And the pressure of getting that teacher up there as promised made them give them the go for launch. Sucks they ignored the dude telling them
There needed to be another delay. It was too cold to go ahead, the solid booster technicians didn't want to launch in such cold weather.
It almost sounded like CNN was wrapping up the coverage of the launch based on what he was saying. Like, the shuttle is on it's way so, now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
@@my3dviews compared to other similar crashes i saw, i believe this one happened relatively late during the launch.
That was the very thing that caused this to happen.
The way that man goes quiet and then says "Obviously, a major malfunction" just shows how unexpected this was and how much he was in disbelief.
@glock32 would like a link to all these sources since you sound so confident
@glock32 dude what
@glock32 It’s interesting how you claim to know so much more than we do, yet proper grammar and punctuation somehow elude you.
Except it wasn't unexpected. Engineering repeatedly raised concerns but were told to "get fucked we're not delaying the flight any longer " The engineer Bob Ebeling, one of the engineers who tried to delay the launch, told his wife it was going to explode. The night before it launched. Challenger was a terrible tragedy. Especially when some most likely survived the initial explosion until hitting the water.
"how unexpected this was" Lmao fuck off
I remember watching this on live tv as a 5yr old kid. I was about to start school in the fall of 86. I remember my older brother was just headed out the door for school and he came back in to watch for a few moments before he caught the bus. It was one of those moments in life you never forget.
What a brave mission to embark on. Much respect to those who do this.
Your username is strange
"What a brave mission to embark on." Just like January 6th?
And much respect to the Democrats in congress who stand up and fight against attempts to subvert the democratic process.
No they don't lol they own the media@@dntfrthreapr
When the chief engineer sat down to watch the launch with his wife he looked at the outside temperature, turned to his wife and said...”it’s gonna explode”. He warned nasa but to no avail. Apparently it was an extremely obvious problem that had to do with gaskets, seals, and the outdoor temp.
Weird History made a video about it too and mentioned this fact, incase anyone was wondering
Before this happened they referred to it as something like the "o-ring erosion problem", which tells you how this was a known issue
Having stupid people without character in management positions is inexcusable.
Yeah, I thought it was too do with some insulation foam that came undone (due to temp and a few other factors). Regardless, it was a known problem, NASA Chiefs at the time took the risk, and look what happened..
@@lmaobeans2077 The second shuttle that blew up had insulation break off exposing tiles. The first had o-rings contract due to the cold and leaked.
They actually survived the explosion cause the shuttle was pushed forward. The shuttle landed in the ocean with 333 km ph. The impact killed the crew
+MayDay SPECS source: CNN
Thanks for information.
+MayDay SPECS So tragic, the crew trained for about 5 years just to not even reach space,
either way they died so
Update: 3 crews actually survived the explosion, but then got killed by the impact with more than 400 km ph
I will never forget when this happened, as our crew had stopped for a lunch break and we went into a restaurant and they had it on the TV and at that moment this busy loud place went so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, I think everyone was in shock of what just took place...it was so sad.
We watched this live in social studies class. Our classrooms had TVs in them for stuff like this. This was a big deal for a teacher going up in space and performing an actual class from space. I was a freshmen in high school. We cheered at first in awe then it exploded and it was dead silent. Mr. Ross started to cry and said oh my god, please not like this. We were stunned and upset. Within a few minutes the principal spoke over the intercom throughout the school and sent us all home. That whole day was like a gut punch.
It’s horrifying enough to watch it live on TV, can’t imagine the horror experience for those who watched it directly from afar.
On Netflix theres a documentary about it and it shows peoples reactions to it
@Hamezz it’s interesting
@@DA-cz5fn Hundreds of feet? Really? Come on, you're better than that.
Or even worse: the horror experience for those who were *in* the shuttle
Imagine the children watching it with their teacher in there
The craziest and maybe saddest thing is that the passenger compartment separated, and they found that 3 of the 7 astronauts had activated the emergency oxygen in their helmets.. meaning at least 3 were alive as the compartment fell and slammed into the ocean. That had to be absolutely horrifying.
Matt M I know right? They had 2 minutes and 45 seconds to say their goodbyes to their loved ones before they slammed into the ocean at over 200mph. They didn't stand a chance
Due to the pressure difference of the compartment separating they would have passed out within seconds of activating their emergency oxygen
+lilyohan99 You're wrong there. When the shuttle broke, the crew compartment didn't lose pressure. So they all would have, in all likelihood, been fully conscious and aware the entire way down. 12 short miles.
You're right that they found 3 of them activated. But 1 that they found was not activated due to it being out of reach. As for the other 3, they were never found. But there was air in the cabin and in all likelihood all 7 of them were fully aware and conscious the whole way down.
.... so so sad... i cant even imagine, and at how fast the shuttle was going down @ 200mph, smh!!! what a tragic way to die... may they all RIP....
I live in central FL, within about 60 miles of KSC, and remember vividly when this happened. I was out riding my bicycle at the time of the launch, and saw the weird looking contrail of the shuttle, but didn't realize what had happened. If the sky is clear, you can easily see rocket liftoffs even from this far away. As I got into downtown of the small town I live in, I saw many people out on the street looking in the direction of the launch, which I thought was odd, as shuttle launches had become sort of routine by then, and locals didn't really make a point any longer of going outside to watch. It was so cold I decided to cut my bike ride short, and headed back home. As soon as I walked in the door my dad told me the shuttle had blown up. I have to tell you my jaw hit the ground in shock and disbelief. Things like this just did not happen! But it did.
I remember watching this in class and when it exploded no one knew what was going on and we just sat there, and then when it hit us all our teacher had us hold our heads in a moment of silence. It was a surreal and profoundly sad moment I will never forget.
Sad. Our 5th grade teacher was in the running for this seat. He wasn’t selected obviously, but while we were watching this live in class. We witnessed this sad event and we all turned and looked at him. I’ll never forget the look on his face at that very moment. How lucky he was. Hoping they didn’t feel a thing. RIP tragic
Survivor's guilt must be a terrible thing to live with. I mean thinking it could have been you in that seat instead of her. It must have some effect on you.
Im sorry to tell you but it is expected that they were conscious all the way till the ground impact
@@captainmacmellon2333 That was a theory wasn't it?
@@daviniarobbins9298 gravity is also a theory. We have some evidence that they did make it to sea level awake but not much longer after coming to a full stop from 330km/h.
@@daviniarobbins9298 There was very strong evidence that the emergency oxygen bottles were used. The only way that would have happened is if they grabbed them and turned them on manually. They were alive for at least part of the fall...
I remember this vividly. The worst part for me was when the news cameras filming the crowd witnessing the launch, stayed on Christa McAuliffe's parents. The look on their faces as the realisation that their daughter had just died in front of them will stay with me for ever. No doubt family members of the other astronauts were also in that crowd, but they were not identified. May the memory of their fallen kin remain strong forever.
I remember that too,it’s in YT still,extremely sad
@@yump258 kzhead.info/sun/iqiLqK9umpespK8/bejne.html
Apologies for being curious, but can you specify the expression? Was it disbelief, dread or confusion?
@@notjeff7833 all of it
Any link to where one can watch this news clip?
My dad saw this when it happened and he was pretty young. It was live on the tv. Rest in peace to the brave teachers who set out for this journey, only for it to fail.
It must be awkward to narrate after the explosion because you have to remain progressional and calm even though you know something horrible has happened. I can't even imagine.
Professional*
Yes he did, he had seen the same live feed that everyone else was seeing before he made the "major malfunction" announcement.
Michaela Caleb j
"Lol" you're wrong. He absolutely did look at the live footage during the gap between his last telemetry readout and when he made the "major malfunction" announcement. He wasn't watching when it broke apart, but looked and saw the vapor cloud, raining debris, and SRBs in free flight. He knew the Shuttle was gone, but without "knowing" officially the facts and being told by the Launch Director/Flight Director, it wasn't his place to state that because he didn't have all the information to be the one to make the call/announcement.
Yeah, very surreal. Not what you'd expect to do at your everyday job.
The dead silence afterwards is the most heartbreaking. So hopeless. Nothing you can do but watch… rip
I was 11 when this happened & watching this live during class. I’ll never forget it. So sad.
I'm shocked how calm everyone was when the shuttle exploded. ...
***** No the capsule survived and they were alive until they hit the water, falling from 60,000 feet. It is believed they were unconscious during the fall.
***** If they were conscious, the last thing they were doing were screaming. I prefer this message: "Scob fought for any and every edge to survive. He flew that ship without wings all the way down." - Robert Overmyer, speaking of Shuttle Commander Francis Scobee. These people are trained professionals who know every time they strap themselves into one of these ships that they may meet a violent end. They really do have "the right stuff" when it comes to this sort of job. Sadly, politics and management has a bad habit of making things worse than they have to be, like both Challenger and Columbia.
***** Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 - January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L.
***** How do you figure that?
You can't panic, cause a hysteria on live television.
My mom was a teacher (no, she wasn't in the running for Teacher in Space). When this launch happened she was in her school's library with over a hundred of her students. They saw this live. They cancelled classes immediately and left the news on in case anyone survived--but also because none of the teachers had it in them to finish lessons for that day.
God That's Horrible. I Just Hope Nothing Like This Ever Happens Again.
@@GunnerHeatFire *cough* Columbia crew *cough*
didn you get cancel
@@morgansss umm no
@@memesimp3216 it happened in 2001...... 2003 actually
I was sitting in my Kindergarten class watching this broadcast. So much excitement that turned into tears, my teacher soothed us as best as she could, but you can’t erase that video from your memory.
rip to the crew and all the people hurt by this tragedy
My mom told me that her teacher was a finalist and would’ve been on that shuttle if she was picked. Luckily she wasn’t, but her class was watching it with the teacher in the room. She was so excited and was trying to contain herself. Then the shuttle exploded. It took her a minute to process what happened, then tears rolled down her face and she let out a wail. My mom said she will never forget that :-(
Your mother's sister's boyfriend's neighbor's friend?
Damn
lmao who gives a shit space isnt real
Damn
@@entertainme7523 nah lol her actual teacher
The guy who predicted this was told "I need you to take off your engineering hat and put on your management hat". Apparently the engineer was right (Roger Boisjoly).
And he lives with it every single day of his life if I'm not mistaken
@@PotatoMaGobinus No, because he's dead. He passed away in 2012.
@@bolt4216 FUCK. That's sad
The guys wearing management hats should all be in prison right now. The engineers were correct and attempted to fix the situation and the ego centric management team was too afraid to lose their jobs if they didn’t launch on time. What pathetic human beings.
@@bertraminc9412 You just gave a perfect definition of "management"
Just an eerie silence is what's scary..I still can't believe this tragedy happened..my prayers are still with the families to this day!! God bless the space program..and the brave astronauts who are still heroes.
I was in second grade when this happened. I was watching a replay on the news. For some reason I started laughing and my mother screamed at me to stop. I didn't comprehend the loss of life. It's still surreal watching this video all these years later.
Amazing how calm the Nasa guys are giving precise details.
+Clive Ellis judging by his speech it seemed like he was reading from a screen
+Nevin Rhymer exactly..it was crashing and burning while he was reading. Either a screen or a SCRIPT.
+Clive Ellis He might also not have been looking outside/at the shuttle but was just reading the data off a screen that only displays that, so he didn't even know what happened (when reading the speed)
+Clive Ellis Clearly reading data from a screen, and you can tell the moment in his voice when he noticed what happened on the other screen. Pretty emotional.
+Travis-2313 oh god it isn't a script. No one in their right mind (or at least no sane person) would purposely have this tragic event happen.
I cannot imagine being one of their spouses, parents, children. I would die from heartbreak.
@@MatPgame67 you literally could have copied the word and you still messed it up.
@@brimstoneonsteam9069 God, what an exaggeration you are, seriously
@@MatPgame67 what?
Anytime they die from anything except old age and natural causes is enough to die from heartbreak.
@@brimstoneonsteam9069 Not everyone knows the language as well as you do, dude. Understand that.
It’s chilling how much time it takes for them to audibly react to the events
This is exactly what I don't understand/ They watch the explosion and they keep saying irrelevant things like they don't see it. I find this very disturbing.
I remembered watching this in 4th grade, we had a substitute teaxher for 3 months as our teacher was an alternate for this mission. I remember our sub crying alot and shaking and wailing it was quite the experience for a fourth grader.
Having never seen the Challenger explosion before, this sent chills throughout my whole body. That’s horrible.
Me too
Amercanski rockts not good
@@eZPlayMicRo russian bot lol
@@eZPlayMicRo rocket was fine, it was the gasket that was the problem. It would have been fine had they did this in warmer weather.
@@jimmym3352 good silvester rocket
the crew likely suffered a horrifying fate in their final moments. While observers suspected the crew had been instantly killed in the explosion, it turns out that because the crew cabin had detached from the shuttle, some of the crew members were likely still conscious as their cabin hurled back toward Earth. It was found that Resnick and Onizuka had activated their Personal Egress Air Packs, which were meant to supply each member with six minutes of breathable air - one of them had even taken the time to activate Smith's for him. Smith, meanwhile, had pulled a switch to restore power to the cockpit, unaware that they were no longer connected to the rest of the shuttle. The Challenger crew hit the surface of the ocean at an enormous speed of 207 MPH, resulting in a lethal force that likely tore them out of their seats and smashed their bodies straight into the cabin's collapsed walls. They died on impact.
Jesus.. I cannot imagine the terror they felt in their last momment... That's a horrible, horrible way to go out.
Imagine the faces of the clean up crew when they found their remains
It's also estimated the shuttle's cockpit was in freefall for about 3 minutes before hitting the ground.
@@SemperFine i mean were they actually found i thought they just sank into the ocean
@@hacdietevuong4138 Not really. It’s better than dying on the Titanic.
One of the must terrible disasters in human history. Not for the number of deaths, but the nature of the accident. Just imagine the astronauts' terror as they fell to the sea at supersonic speeds. It's truly horrendous and it deserves lots of respect. My condolences to the families, still today. We can't blame anyone, nobody wanted them to die.
Astronauts or just simply a suicide mission? You decide
I am sure citizens Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived WW2 would agree that when 7 americans died it's a tragedy of historical scale.
The crew capsule came down at around 200mph. Still enough to kill those still conscious on impact with the Ocean.
@@Voodoo_Robot are you referring to the bombs that saved 10 mil ++ Japanese from dying in operation downfall? That aside, is your brain so smooth that you’re unable to contemplate more than one tragedy?
@@Voodoo_Robot you should look up what the the Japanese did to deserve that
The saddest thing is that when this was launched , families of this crew were watching proudly as the space shuttle was going high their parents and relatives were smiling proudly even after the explosion, they didn't even realised what just happened,they continued smiling and then a sudden realisation hit them,,they went from being excited to shocked to the painful realisation.Poor them💔
I did not expect to feel so much anxiety watching this video. The calmness of it all is so creepy, when you know something terrible will happen any second
I held my phone away and watched thru my fingers, I couldn’t deal with the anxiety not knowing when it’s about to happen, just panicking as I witness their deaths. It’s very unsettling.
Must've been absolutely horrific for the family's of those in the shuttle as they watched. I can't even begin to imagine :( R.I.P.
I know it's so sad :(
I was 3 years old when i first saw that, i didnt sleep for 5 weeks
how are you alive?
My uncle was in that shuttle. his name was Ronald E McNair
i call my penis the challanger and sometimes i like to explode it on random peoples faces, its a great re-enacment
I used this video for a school project 2 years ago…this was a very tragic event
Our a school watched this on live tv. R.I.P. 🕊 ✨
They sound so calm. wow. there isnt a single hint of fear in his voice. he had to stay calm or else everyone watching the show would have panicked, including the astronauts wife and kids
But they were panicking anyway, so what's the point of commentating like it's a golf tournament...
@@Petidani0330 It’s his job to report on the status of the spacecraft, and I’d imagine that’s paramount in a situation such as this. Panicking and therefor causing panic would be senseless.
@@Johndavid1451 Dude, the shuttle literally exploded into pieces and everyone could witness it live. All the commentator reacted was "Oh no... Anyway". How could the commentator cause panic if it's already present? I'm sorry, but what you and op are talking about is utter nonsense. Naturally I don't wish them to go awfully crazy into the mic, but surely there would've been something more to say when the pinnacle of the US technology, one of the symbols of the Cold War suddenly exploded than "oh look, the boosters flied away".
@@Petidani0330 so he could avoid more trauma than was already being experienced. having someone calm to make people feel a bit safer in face of a tragedy
@@Petidani0330 ur comment doesn’t make sense bro. Ur saying he should have panicked into the mic? That’s unprofessional and it’s his job. I think u need to go outside get some sunlight, wash ur bedsheets
Those poor souls. We all thought they perished in the initial explosion. Sad but we took solace in the fact it was quick. Then the final report came out. Those bits you see slowly falling after the the explosion, one of them was the cockpit with all astronauts inside. A few of them activated their oxygen as their capsule was falling. Which means at least a few of them had time to contemplate (2+ minutes) their imminent death by hitting the ocean at free fall speed. I say once again, those poor souls
Noo! I feel so bad! That is such a horrible way to live your last moment...
It's a far better way to go than...ohhh i dunno, cancer? There you get MONTHS to contemplate your demise, and suffer the pain of it. I'd far rather go quick during the ride of my life!
@@Yanoula1 true but both ways are pretty terrible
yikes, that is horrible
I think the saddest part is the three people about to live their dream of going into space, being a proper astronaut, and they missed it right at the end. Years of dreaming. Minutes away. So sad.
I still going on a field trip in elementary school and learning about this. It's still surreal
It's both chilling and horrifying watching this happen, especially before the shuttle exploded it filled me with dread knowing what would soon become of it
"More delays than NASA cares to count" Right after he said that, it blew up.
That’s what I said. Dude definitely realized he was on the wrong end.
It was mainly Reagan and Congress who were pressuring the flight to happen and so was the media
@@HarrisonAdAstra The media does it again😒
@@HarrisonAdAstra exactly why politics and space exploration shouldn’t mix. Things get rushed and results in stuff like this
Exactly why it blew up, they didn't want to count if the delays had put the rocket boosters through more cold weather than they could handle, and a manager refused to accept the emergency warning from the rocket maker.
OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR MALFUNCTION
Actually the O rings were not faulty they just weren't designed for use at such cold temperatures meaning they didnt expand enough to create a proper seal. NASA delayed the launch multiple times before that day and someone said enoughs enough and they forced through the launch in colder temperatures than ideal..a fatal mistake but one that has been learned from. Safety comes first now.
+lukaku20wba one of the workers said for them not to launch that day it wouldn't work and they fired him
+Deepicy Not quite true. Mortan Thickol's engineers panicked and held a conference with NASA advising them that launching would not be a good idea. During the investigation they spoke up which led to them being shunned.
No the gas tank fell
what?
no one seemed too concerned here...after the explosion
Did anyone else watch this live on video at your elementary school as a kid?
I remember this incident very well. I was in 10th grade in biology class. My teacher at the time was a huge fan of NASA and watched all of the various launches. On this day, he brought a TV into the classroom so we could all watch as his fellow teacher went into space. When the explosion happened, the reactions from all in the class were shock and sadness. RIP to those lost in this unfortunate event.
just as scary as the Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003 which interrupted network sat morning cartoons I was at the movies after it happened and did shopping after seeing the recruit. my first issue of time had the iconic cover of the incident. a year later the super bowl dedicated the pregame to the disaster.
+Jamie Wray I was 6 years old and dont remember what i was doing when this happened.
+Shidoshi Tanaka I was -13
+Jamie Wray THATS SO SAD
+Shidoshi Tanaka hello
Complaining that the announcer said "major malfunction" - sorry but he was being professional. This isn't Idiocracy. He isn't going to be like "holy balls it effin blew up did y'all see that woooweeeee that is super duper shitty sucks to be them!"
ppl need to grow up this is proper language.
Terry Larkin shut up man have some respect, people died then
MrMadPlayer he is right you know :o but you're too Richelle L isn't
Obviously.
"Duuuuuuuudes did you see that? Sick explosion, man! Holy fuck do we have that on cam? Haha, I gotta show that to my wife!"
I can’t even imagine watching this happen to my family member. And I can’t evennnnn imagine reading the reports which indicated some survived the explosion and were alive for the entire way down.
This happened exactly 26 years before i was born, I’m 12 years old, in the 6th grade, and I wish their families well.
R.I.P. Ellison Onizuka, Krista McOliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, Judith Reznik. Michael J. Smith, Francis Skoby and Ronald McNair.
Роском позор Ronald McNairs brother told his story for the storycorps you Can listen to it its called eyes on the stars
Michael J Smith is alive and well. Google "Professor Michael J Smith"
Game Of Life All but one of the space fakers are Alive and well. Don't know where the one other person hid.
rip
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33 years ago today... I was at my Doctor's office, having just gotten all test results from a recent check up.. everything was good! Then I walked out to the front desk where the secretary was watching the launch on a small tv.. and I saw the shuttle explode. It was horrible seeing this...
I mean that day would have been 10 times worse if the doctor told you you had prostate cancer so I guess theres a plus side to everything
That's how I felt on 9/11. I had just woke up and popped in the tv, and about 30 seconds later I saw the second plane hit the tower. My mind wasnt even able to comprehend what I just saw at first. I knew the news was on but it seemed like it was a movie.
@@Chris-rj4fs you were inside a tv?
Sure you’re born that long ago lmao kids lying these days
My history teacher was with the astronauts kids when they saw this
I was a senior in high school watching this in the library. Devastating!
I'm from Florida, directly parallel to Cape Canaveral and I remember my mom telling me about how, she was standing on a small hill, watching the launch in the distance. Due to her being pretty far away, the details and explosion were not obviously visible, and it took a minute to realize what had happened. It was an extremely sad day.
Movies: "AAAAAH THEY'RE DEAD! DEAD! AAAAAH!" Reality: "Uh... obviously, a major malfunction... uhhh...."
well... it wasn't a minor malfunction. he wasn't wrong on that point. but damn.. I would've been like "shit..."
I'm pretty sure he was looking at instrumentation and telemetry and not at a TV screen.
The CNN reporter was probably off doing other work, multitasking, during a routine shuttle launch.
Joel Knowl don't even know how they were calm like damn!
It’s cnn he was probably planning the next segment about russian collusion
Rest in peace. 2019, we remember.
Donald Trump 1986 moron, don’t correct folks if you don’t even know the facts.
April 15, 1989
@@lisabus3852 true he is a moron
I remember like it was yesterday. Poor lost souls
New England whitey Ahhh so sad you remember this, I wasn’t alive back then, but I truly feel sorry for them, everyone who had to witness this and everyone involved😔
To have both the Challenger and Chernobyl disasters occur within three months of each other certainly marked 1986 out as a year many wanted to forget.
I was in the library on the floor with all the other 3rd graders looking up at the TV. The teachers were around the edge of the room. When it happened we looked around at all the crying teachers wondering what just happened. Takes a minute for a little kid to realize you just watched all these people die in an explosion that wasn't supposed to happen. It also took a minute for a teacher to climb over us to turn it off. It was so sad. Gave me chills to watch it again.
My mom remembers watching this on the news as a student in university....it’s so scary how quickly life can come and go
hannah mary x 🙄
Actually, they didn't die from the explosion. It took them another 2 minutes to hit the water and that's what killed the astronauts.
I remember I was in 8 grade watching this on tv
My dad was born the year this happened my parents are very young and I’ve never heard any one else in my family refer to this or anything
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The sadder part is the fact that because of the way the shuttles were built the explosion didn't kill them it was the ground impact Must have been terrifying
I could not imagine the pure terror they felt when they realized there was no way they were going to survive. Hopefully they were unconscious.
@@boatis5958 clearly you if you decided to come here and type this comment
@@boatis5958 i mean... dang, thats kinda heartless
@@boatis5958 when your dog dies maybe your young incoherent mind will understand, or maybe your father, or mother. Until then 😀
@@Prez_Jimmy_Carter great song by kanye
Watched the shuttle blow up while outside with my 5th grade class in Ocala,FL...we were all watching and then it blew up,watching it fall back down, it will be burned in my brain forever 💜
Watched this live on TV. I was 5 years old and a daycare. Will never forget it !.!.!.
My dad told me that he and his class watched this live. His classmates started screaming, some even crying. RIP
I remember being very confused as to what was happening. I was like a 3rd grader. Awful moment.
what a bunch of pussies
@@thatguysstuff15 I remember watching 9/11 unfold in the classroom when I was in 6th grade. The teacher I had at the time got a phone call from his wife to turn on the news and we started watching what unfolded. Such a weird day because some teachers acted like nothing was happening and other teachers rejected what the school said and had the news on all day so we could see what was happening. My school told all teachers to turn off their TV's and not talk about what was going on. I remember the teachers that showed us what was going on and I can't remember the names of teachers who cowered.
If something like this happened now everyone in the class would probably laugh
@@Mr.BananaManYT depends, my school wouldn't
There's so many successful launches is easy to forget how dangerous it is, even if this one was an unavoidable engineering and management failure.
Its an incredibly complex machine, iirc it was caused due to a brittle O ring from cold weather that delayed the launch.
@@nothingspecial9370 yo what? cars don't have anywhere near a 100% success rate in crashes either. that's not what this is about. there just aren't as many space shuttle launches, they're incredibly expensive and the people on them are incredibly smart and well educated. also THIS WAS NOT UNAVOIDABLE. from the wikipedia page on the challenger disaster, last paragraph in the intro: Test data from as early as 1977 had revealed a potentially catastrophic flaw in the SRBs' O-rings... [NASA did not] address or correct the issue. NASA managers also disregarded warnings from engineers about the dangers of launching in cold temperatures and did not report these technical concerns to their superiors.
@@MenachemSchmuel ok i understand
@@aeroripper and it was called out by an engineer who was strong-armed by management
@@iamlordstarbuilder5595 I was reading other comments as that was mentioned. I can imagine his frustration and sadness.
Yeah, watched this live from Conway Elementary School in Orlando FL live in class I was only 11 and was shocked at what happened couldn't comprehend the gravity of the situation just remember Mr. Russell our teacher turning it off the television very fast..😢
This was the only rocket launch my mom ever saw. It was shown live at her school. She hasn’t seen one since, and honestly, I don’t blame her.
01:55 its faint, but it sounds like someone in the background is saying “What the hell just...?”
I heard it too.
me to
ToniTheMink yep i heard it
So what?
We are just saying -.- that we heard it
30 Years... This is so sad.
+Tom Miller You were off because of "danger wind chill", that makes no sense.
+robbyym8 shut that shit up you bitch
Zaza Pech I wouldn't want kids to stand outside, but he didn't specify what the Fahrenheit or the wind speed mph was, they could have still attended school.
+Zaza Pech this is sad
+robbyym8 I hope some day you learn even 1% of what most people know about the world.
wow that's literally so scary imagine being their family and seeing your loved ones die like this
CHILLS will always go down my spine when I hear that phrase " Challenger go at throttle Up."😢 1986 still seems like yesterday.
I remember this. I was 9 and sat at my grandma's house up at the bar-counter eating dinner and watching it on a black and white TV. I remember this as a defining moment in my childhood where you look to the adults for answers and they don't have any. It was so scary and so sad. RIP brave souls!
Amazon Jackson How was it in black and white though? Did you have a 30 year old TV at the time? You should have seen it in Color
My Grandparents had a B&W TV until the 90's when they were forced to go digital.
Amazon Jackson cool
Shufei What? Why? When? How does one failed experiment mean all of the populace is doomed.
ShatOnYourSteak not doomed but a lot of people lost faith in the space program.
this whole video feels so eerie
I was in a Psychology class in high school when this happened. We were doing a study session, so most of us were listening to music while we studied. Of course! When the news broke out over the radio, several of of looked at each other and asked 'Did you just hear that?' The teacher turned on a TV he had available for class. We were all dumbstruck by this tragedy. It's good to see the space program is flourishing today despite tragedies like this.
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@@gsesquire3441 I said the space program in general. Privatization will finally move things forward. 😁👍it really is a good thing.
@@gsesquire3441 us everyday Joe's won't get the chance no. They're just now laying the groundwork on programs that will employ and service our future generations.
@@gsesquire3441 I didn't mean to make it sound like I was arguing with you. I wasn't I respect your opinion actually 🤠👍
We don't have a space program.
The NASA officials who approved the launch after being warned by NASA engineers not to do it should have done some serious prison time.
You are one hundred percent right. Tragedy and further set backs could have been easily avoided if NASA officials listened to their engineers, they're paid to make sure accidents don't happen and when they find one they aren't acknowledged. I bet the engineers were freaking out all the way up to the explosion.
@@adriantrejo8397, high ranking government employees don’t get punished.
Inb4 this comment section becomes another challenger to the paper mario video clown show.
@M.J Was this your first attempt at using the English language?
I wouldn't think prison time or even a death sentence would help the fact that billions of dollars got thrown in the garbage.
My mom was watching this in 2nd grade, her teacher had volunteered to be the one who went to space but ultimately lost. When it exploded, her teacher immediately started crying
Deke Slayton, one of the original Mercury Seven Astronauts & later NASA's Director of the Astronaut program, put this into context and verbalized the danger inherent in space exploration when he said that of the Apollo program had had as many missions as the Shuttle, they'd have killed a lot more crew members than this...