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Challenger Disaster Live on CNN

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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)

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: July 25, 2007 at 5:21 am
Author: Deltaforce5000tm

Length: 02:23
Rating: 4.83
Views: 309471

Tags: 1986  challenger  cnn  disaster  explosion  kennedy  liftoff  live  mcauliffe  nasa  regan  shuttle  space  sts-51-l  

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dzoolander987 (August 21, 2008 at 2:27 pm)
Okay, this happened over 20 years ago....No need to fight over it now. It happened, it was bad, yea, we learned, move on. Grow up.
cabritorsss (August 21, 2008 at 11:48 am)
If you can believe it...the malfunction was due to a faulty ring gasket. A little round piece of rubberized material that costs a few dollars. The same basic thing you find in the water faucet in your sink....
mikesginsburg (August 20, 2008 at 10:25 am)
Solid Rocket Boosters.
THEDONS12345 (August 20, 2008 at 9:05 am)
What are the SRB's, what does it stand for?
godofwar2master (August 19, 2008 at 1:35 pm)
its not funny for one and for another you cant even spell astronauts correct.
imfromnd (August 19, 2008 at 6:14 am)
should have done a barrel roll
bcb0xer (August 19, 2008 at 4:06 am)
...yeah thats probably it. -.-..
MYFreeSpeach4U (August 18, 2008 at 6:48 pm)
You sir are so, And I do mean so no good sob, If it were legal i could take you to meet god, and not even feel bad, But for the 7 men & women, Would tell me not to bother, because your so not worth the god givin right to be here and with good people, Do you not know what this is about, These people knew what they were doing, and trusted all of us, and they were going to give us something back far Greater, Well they did! It was called for the better we learned from what can happen! RIP U R Missed
arielwollinger (August 18, 2008 at 3:50 am)
he's a dumb fuck
donputo69 (August 18, 2008 at 2:01 am)
look at 1:48....A SCORPION SHOWS UP...maybe that was the cause of the explosion....

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