Archival: Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster | NBC Nightly News

[@karimbeldi4166]

Feel bad for the kids who watched their teacher die, must’ve been traumatic

[@melaniegrubbs1389]

Ok I have never heard of this is saw a tik tok about how they should teach this in school but that's besides the point, there where teachers on there? Why I thought only the astronaut's could. I might just be stupid but idk about any of this was it just teachers? Where there kids?

[@NameSurname13]

@@melaniegrubbs1389 S. Christa McAuliffe Would have been first spaceflight Teacher in Space. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L

[@dwayneramsay744]

Dave Chappelle

[@clarissatorres349]

That was a teacher that went to my school I still remember her💔💔

[@lunalovegood5901]

@@melaniegrubbs1389 She was a teacher, but trained and studied to become an astronaut- so she was fully qualified.

[@ash846aa]

It's so sad to think about how excited they must've been and to probably finally achieve their dream. They got all that way for nothing.

[@mya_polar_bear6882]

Ashley Holland they didn’t get there for nothing. They were some people who helped the study of space flight. They helped but I’m the wrong way. It is very tragic but they did never di it for nothing.

[@ash846aa]

@@mya_polar_bear6882 what I mean by that is that they ended up sadly dying in the end which means that all the time they took for this, it meant nothing to them since they tragically died in the end...

[@Yaniv2434]

Some of them were already in space I think

[@mya_polar_bear6882]

Ashley Holland yeah I can agree. Sorry if I caused any trouble.:

[@ash846aa]

@@mya_polar_bear6882 no its alright

[@amandabruney3835]

Was in 11th grade science class watching launch when Challenger exploded. Still hits me hard watching and remembering what I felt that day

[@jonnybookay9134]

This challenger "explosion" is another one of their hoaxes..THERE IS NO SPACE.

[@s0vietonion]

@Mr. DroCro Of course, we're supposed to believe an absolute dimwit who cannot spell a basic English word correctly.

[@nktmrie]

Jonny Bookay sounds to me like you’re saying there’s also no moon and sun and stars, which we can see very clearly in the sky, like everyday

[@danithebro9025]

@@jonnybookay9134 there's no space? LMAO then where's the sun at homeboy?

[@them3038]

@@s0vietonion kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn7SeX2IeddqaZI

[@someguywithmusic467]

And it was the first time a teacher was to go to space. Her students were so excited, as well as her. The poor students had to watch their own teacher get obliterated. God bless them for dedicating their life to space exploration and mankind. Today is the 35th anniversary.

[@zaincazorla6914]

45th not 35th

[@nytrix5346]

@@zaincazorla6914 35th :/

[@ActiveArtisan]

Which god?

[@zaincazorla6914]

@@nytrix5346 sorry I am bad at math I'm an engineer

[@fartenjoyer3000]

@@ActiveArtisan every god

[@ChibiAnimate]

Just remember that Big Bird attempted to join this mission to get kids interested in space. We all would’ve saw Big Bird explode.

[@ChibiAnimate]

Brandon Bennetzen omfg 😭😂

[@ismaellopez3963]

@Brandon Bennetzen eXXXtra KKKrispy

[@TimeMaster131]

......I can't tell if this is a joke or not.

[@mushroomlad6233]

The astronauts didn't die instantly. The cockpit was well protected so it didn't damaged much. For 2 minutes they were flying through the sky until they eventually landed and died.

[@gamer64games15]

@Brandon Bennetzen i feel bad for at ur joke cause its just wrong

[@chiefkeyes5359]

rest in peace astronauts we will never forget 😢😞

[@miasmia4968]

I'm sorry. What'd you say? Something about astronauts?

[@benjaminhaynes8032]

Brandon Bennetzen lmaoooooooooo

[@vnaotov3119]

The astronauts that we never got to know

[@mintyjasper]

Mr. DroCro do you are have stupid

[@tylert7945]

www.google.ca/amp/s/phys.org/news/2009-09-moon-fake.amp www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/6105902/Moon-rock-given-to-Holland-by-Neil-Armstrong-and-Buzz-Aldrin-is-fake.html “Curators at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, where the rock has attracted tens of thousands of visitors each year, discovered that the "lunar rock", valued at £308,000, was in fact petrified wood.” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes “The researchers concluded that the tapes containing the raw unprocessed Apollo 11 SSTV signal were erased and reused by NASA in the early 1980s. It is claimed this was in accordance with NASA procedures because it was facing a major data tape shortage at that time.” www.google.ca/amp/yournewswire.com/nasa-moon-travel-technology/amp/ “NASA has admitted that they no longer have the technology to send humans to the moon, claiming that it was “destroyed years ago.”” www.disclose.tv/nasa-admits-we-cant-leave-earths-lower-orbit-306584 “NASA Admits: We Can't Leave Earth's Lower Orbit” kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3-Ue4CKm8qUp8k Challenger astronauts alive and well today; did not die in explosion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpTMdH2cl7mpe5Y “Astronauts Caught in the Act of Faking 
a view of far away Earth - from low earth orbit” kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmi9nqKYra1_gqs Astronauts being asked about going to the moon & refuse to swear on bible.

[@MaestroDraven]

I was 8 years old when this happened. Watched it live with my parents on TV. I can remember every single thing about that day, from the way the sun was shining through the windows, to the type of carpeting we had in the house at the time. It was one of those memories that will stick with me forever, permanently etched into my psyche.

[@wilbo417]

It was a school day. Nice story though. I actually saw it live in Glenwood elementary school in Illinois.

[@Jesko.]

@@wilbo417. Home school . Just didn't go school that day

[@ArthurHILL-xp8bv]

Sts 51-l space shuttle columbia launch in January 28,1986 before the astronauts were killed in launch. Space Camp movie in June 6,1986 in the dvd. Sts-107 columbia Space shuttle columbia was heading to earth when the 7 astronauts were killed in the Sts-107 columbia Space shuttle in February 1,2003. Hope the Space Camp 2 movie.

[@tee92721]

it’s just people, who cares

[@JuqiterXx]

@@tee92721 I’ll be praying for you. The Challenger explosion was an unfathomable tragedy that plunged the world into a profound sense of grief and sorrow. The weight of sadness that enveloped the crew and their families was unbearable. The crew members, driven by their passion for exploration and the advancement of scientific knowledge, embarked on a mission that would forever alter their lives. Their dreams and aspirations were abruptly shattered in a catastrophic event that claimed their lives in an instant. The families they left behind were left shattered and inconsolable, their hearts forever scarred by the void left by their loved ones. The pain and anguish felt by these families, knowing that their cherished ones would never return, is beyond comprehension. The Challenger explosion serves as a haunting reminder of the fragility of life and the devastating toll that tragedy can exact. The depths of sorrow and wretchedness experienced by the crew and their families are immeasurable, forever etched in the annals of human history as a somber testament to the profound loss endured.

[@ghostchick77]

I remember watching this in Elementary school. We all cried & we were let go early. Such a horrible day. 😪

[@LalaBee4now]

Yes at my school too

[@skylx0812]

Schools all across the country were let out because the president declared a day of mourning. Teens and children watched it live so it was thought best everyone was sent home.

[@r7ne]

WRONG EMOJI 😰 (that means sleepy)

[@TheOriginalSide1]

​@@r7neyou might just be a bit late

[@r7ne]

@@TheOriginalSide1 so r u

[@glssbead]

I come back to this a lot and remember the 7 brave people we lost that day. I’m only 14 and wasn’t around when it happened but it still hits me hard, seeing the families sobbing understanding they just lost their child

[@Manizalest0v4r]

Now you're 18 let's meet

[@fartenjoyer3000]

@@Manizalest0v4r bro wtf

[@belindamaccarthy]

@@Manizalest0v4r not sure that’s how math works

[@Manizalest0v4r]

@@belindamaccarthy what is maths

[@jonstefanik9400]

I was in Elementary school in '86 and can tell you it was a day of sadness and confusion.

[@SuperHuscarl]

This is much like when people saw the 9/11 attacks while in school. Just a tragedy.

[@kendrickhernandez1037]

Marwan Manowar Pearl Harbor too.

[@2secondfld406]

The difference is, that 9/11 tragedy is live when the first plane hits. But this one, it's literally live.

[@islandblader]

Difference is, the Challenger was planned for all to see. No one woke up on 9/11 to know that there were going to be acts of terrorism

[@SuperHuscarl]

@@islandblader. Yes, but that’s why I said “much like” and not “just like”. I’m just pointing out how it was a surprise tragedy.

[@DonaldMcNuGGeT]

@@SuperHuscarl it’s not like 9/11 at all the fym lol

[@majortom1566]

Bless those brave souls who lost their lives on that day

[@jojojojo5353]

yes your God blessed those souls with a fiery death , BLESS THOSE SOULS !!!

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

Y were they going up there again?

[@Atajew]

​@@AndreaTAndreaT Science, discovery, humanity.

[@bobbobby3326]

The fact that they survived the explosion, crashed into the ocean, and drowned is so sad, they trained their entire life

[@handsomeelfo8254]

they survived? thank god!!

[@bobbobby3326]

@@handsomeelfo8254 they survived, until they hit the ocean, knocked unconscious and drowned..

[@handsomeelfo8254]

@@bobbobby3326 oh....

[@kyouruthewall__3152]

it gives me chills, knowing that children were watching and the parent's of the astronauts seeing their own kids die if you're really high from above, falling into the ocean is instantly like hitting concrete.

[@bobbobby3326]

@Vignesh Kumar S i heard they were turned on but slowly ran out,

[@jimmypark782]

I was in 4th grade when this happened, and we were watching live in class cheering because the teacher was going up in space. It was super sad day when we realize it exploded and people died.

[@godlygames1016]

Was this your teacher? Because I’m from Hawaii and my teacher told me about this.

[@atifullahkhan612]

I'm also, realy sad moment fr me, I was in 5th standard on that time

[@alan9203]

When u were in 4th grade beans where cheaper than they are today, n ma Maws balls war deep up her fanny.

[@louwinters508]

@@godlygames1016 it was a high school teacher I believe.

[@Nflguy4949]

I was nine years old when this happened. Pretty crazy to learn as an adult that the engineers warned them not to launch the shuttle because it was too cold in the O-rings wouldn’t function correctly creating a dangerous situation. NASA management overruled them and launched anyway. Also frightening to discover that despite how it appeared it was not a giant fireball that killed the astronauts instantly. The astronauts were alive until crashing into the water.

[@emmajohnson907]

Thank you for this…these are the questions I needed answered

[@wookiethedog]

Yeah that NASA management was William Graham

[@maybay8248]

How do you know they were alive until crashing into the water? They were blow to pieces in the sky. They couldn’t be alive until they reached the water.

[@Nflguy4949]

@@maybay8248The compartment the astronauts were in was intact after the explosion. Also there were life support systems that must be manually turned on that were turned on after the explosion.

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

@@maybay8248 The area they were all in was essentially a pod that was ejected separately. The pod was retrieved from the ocean floor after a three month search and recovery operation. Investigators are unsure of the exact time of death of the crew members, but believe some survived the initial break up but the impact with the ocean wouldn't have been survivable.

[@joyl7842]

Just here to salute the heroes of Challenger on this day 35 years later.

[@sherriolsen7578]

The sad thing is that they never died until they hit the ground. Still conscious and everything. Edit: I might be wrong. People are saying i'm mixing things up for the Columbia. Very sorry!

[@schris413]

Oh, I doubt they were conscious.

[@Calvbread]

They would've been conscious by then

[@noneshallknowmyname]

how do you know they weren't killed in the explosions?

[@claudialeis2589]

Where did you hear that....I have alwa y heard there wasn't enough left of them to return to their families. Just asking, not blaming anyone for anything.....thank you for sharing what you heard......

[@subject204ghost3]

Yeah sorry it wouldve been impossible for them to survive the explosion. The shuttles are very weak in fact not much tougher than your standard airliner. And the explosion of the shuttle was similar to that of chemical plants exploding like the one in china. It completely ripped apart the shuttle almost instantly.

[@johno4521]

On a personal note, one of the crew, Ron McNair, was a keen sax player and was friendly with musician Jean-Michel Jarre. Ron had written a piece and they'd arranged for Ron to take his saxophone up with him together with tape equipment to record it whilst in orbit. It was to be the first piece of music recorded in space. Ron was very excited about doing it and Jarre was going to incorporate it into a track on his forthcoming album 'Rendez-vous'. Following the disaster a stand-in later performed the piece as a tribute to Ron after consultation with his family and it appears on the album as The Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's piece). A haunting and moving piece of music.

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

Ron McNair’s smiling face in his uniform is what I can relate too.

[@skog9944]

This is so sad! I never knew the story of the last rendez-vous. It is hauntingly beautiful. I also am a sax player and love Jean Michelle Jarre, so this piece means a lit to me. Rendez-vous is such a nice album. But the Oxygene, Equinoxe and Le chants magnetiques albums are fantastic, too ;). We lost a good man and great musician that day... Thank you for sharing. I am sure Ron is smiling up there.

[@emmett77]

irrelevant to how we feel or how the people there felt or the scientists after this failure, imagine what their families felt like watching them explode in front of their eyes with absolutely nothing they could do about it.💔

[@yeehawbuster7321]

It would be equal to scientists because I'm pretty sure these projects are worth over billions, and a human life according to the USA is worth only 10 million

[@corpusdeligti]

@@yeehawbuster7321 Better than the U.S. Army who valued it at $200 for a civillian colleteral in Afghanistan.

[@heema_9451]

I was 7, I remember watching this, it was a weekday and I had a cold, I remeber watching it live and I kept asking my mom, they're alive right? they're OK, right?

[@tamlynn786]

I was 9 and at home with chicken pox. It was traumatic seeing it happen in real time.

[@LisaPerez1973]

I was in the 6th grade. Breaks my heart still to this as it did that day. The reason I'm on here is to show my daughter who is in the 6th grade also. Because she is doing her Science project on this.

[@Candicrunch]

my mom wtached this when she was like 4

[@mightbeiguess]

My relative went to school with Judy Resnik, one of the astronauts. Rest In Peace to all those who were on the spaceship.

[@juliehefte9360]

My teacher I had in 4th grade knew the teacher that died

[@rebeccagesler1304]

I was 9 when this happened. Even though I'm Australian, and was only a child, remember that day so clearly. Just so horribly sad

[@shylawild]

I remember watching this live in grade 4…i will never forget my teacher running to turn it off. And the silence… my teacher in shock and a bunch of kids not understanding what just happened. We were suppose to marvel at the advancements of man, instead we were taught a different lesson. RIP to the lives lost that day.

[@dave23024]

That's exactly how my experience was. I was in third grade and it was like watching a horror movie. I'll never forget how hard the teachers were trying to make us forget about it.

[@XeeVibes]

R.I.P legends you sacrificed your lives for our future and you are the luckiest people who died while doing what you loved the most!! Respect

[@simonag2312]

This and how everyone was (and still are) so proud of them to go just for them to pass away, can't imagine the pain of their families and friends.. :(

[@CulperCast]

@Andrea Bianchi stfu

[@Cathywhales]

​​@@andreabianchi5918 its no laughing natter. they did it for our future, even if it came *crashing* down to nothing

[@sunnydayzie1202]

Nightly news. Geez, I was sixteen years old and babysitting a 10 month old that night after it happened. I remember putting the baby to bed and sitting in their living room that night and watching all the nightly news recaps. It was all over the news and the horror still sinking in even though it was hours before. What a heartbreak.

[@Sweetheartbabez]

I’m taking a sociology class and this was mentioned in the chapter about ‘groupthink’ and how this theory contributed to this fatal day. Apparently the Thiokol engineers told NASA there was a hardware problem with their O rings but NASA didn’t want to delay the launch again since they had already delayed it multiple times. Thiokol eventually gave in to the consensus only after 5 minutes and agreed to launch after a “private meeting” despite them knowing it wasn’t a good idea. They didn’t want to lose their contract with NASA. Had they kept their ground (not gave in to groupthink) and had NASA listened, this wouldn’t have happened. Terrible.

[@homie_ej2412]

I wasn’t even thinking about this and all of a sudden I had a dream about this last night! I got chills now

[@gustavoacosta215]

NASA knew that it was too cold and the two rings had exploded

[@AngryPieMan]

I'm studying to be a mechanical engineer. We are studying the details of what happened here in our ethics class. Essentially: Some sealing O-rings for the rockets didn't work right due to the cold weather. The manufacturer knew this would happen, and tried to explain such to NASA. NASA, under media and government pressure to get the launch going after so many delays, wasn't as receptive to their presentation, offering some weak counterpoints to indicate that it wouldn't be a big deal. A 7-6 vote in favor of launch prevented them from delaying until more favorable conditions. This was such a tragedy, and more tragic when considering how preventable it was. The deciding "swing vote," the VP of engineering of the manufacturer, changed from a "no launch" to a "launch" after he was told to "put on his manager cap." An effort to please the crowd, to keep up with a deadline, killed seven people. What a disaster indeed.

[@ladyhm.6748]

Groupthink.

[@AngryPieMan]

@David 1167 You can learn a lot from other people's bad choices.

[@tanler7953]

They (both NASA and the contracted engineers) understood the O-rings were a problem. Either way, whether the space shuttle blew up during launch or if they had to redesign the solid rocket boosters, the space shuttle program would have been over. So the question should be are we willing to let thousands of people go from their jobs on the chance that the O-rings might fail as opposed to waiting for seven people to die, with the same result? In hindsight we now know that the O-ring failure was 99.7% certain with a launch at 36 degrees Fahrenheit. That's pretty well a certainty. However, to give them the benefit of the doubt the engineers at the time probably thought the risk of failure was about 90%. Still too high, really.

[@joshuadelacerda7380]

I find it sad that they were finally achieving there dream and didn’t even make it into space at the least. So sad.

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

Mae Jemison Still Went!!

[@mady0616]

Sad I was never taught about this in school.. what a tragedy..

[@Bonbon12345ify]

Never heard about this at all, till today from the Netflix documentary covering this story. So sad prayers for everyone involved. RIP lovely people🙏💕

[@radcaligirl]

i was a fourth grader and our entire class had been decorated like mission control for the flight. It was right after class had started on the West Coast. I recall my teacher mentioning how cold it was and that it had been delayed for that reason a couple of times already. When it blew up we were all shocked into silence. I remember someone asking my teacher a question and she answered but she was far away from our classroom in that moment. We continued our class, but when we came back from lunch that day, all the space stuff had been replaced with Valentine's day.

[@rileyanderson2368]

I hate It when people type first or second on videos, especially this one, Godspeed Challenger

[@jimsolo5739]

You're going to hate me then : )

[@thinkaviation2231]

Tragedy is the only was this can be described. Their souls rest in the most eternal peace. Thank you for the work you did.

[@alivia4610]

My teacher was in first grade watching from outside. Then it happened. Tears. Then, my other teacher, Mr Steven's, said counselors had to come into the school for weeks because of how distraught and disturbing it was. The worst part is how those people were ALIVE until they crashed in the ocean

[@lambert2332]

What? Reports always say they died instantly when the ship disintegrated

[@tonyjones7675]

I’ll never forget this, I live in Delaware and it was brutally cold that morning. So cold in fact that many school buses wouldn’t start so after 45 minutes of waiting and my feet blistering cold I walked home and turned on CBS. Just as I turned it on the shuttle Challenger was about to lift off. I was the tragedy live on tv in 86 and my heart will always go out to the victims of this disaster. As I was watching KZbin moments ago and listening to the engineers and managers go back and forth DO WE OR DONT WE it amazes me the pressure that Americans put on each other to be successful regardless of the outcome 🙏🙏

[@Omo21000]

I learned about this in school years ago, I know their last moments were terrifying

[@wendydipietro1981]

I was 18 when this happened and live in Florida, I watched lift off on tv and the ran to my car to go to work knowing the road I travel I could actually see the shuttle traveling into orbit. When I reversed out of the driveway the radio announced the shuttle had exploded! I pulled back in ran inside to see and was in tears 😢😢 the shuttle program was a huge deal, My family had been Kennedy Space center multiple times. Sad day ☹️😔

[@shadymotel11]

I wasn’t alive when this happened, but I remember the first time my mom showed me this. She had saved a newspaper clipping from it

[@Jay-qb5vg]

I remember watching this live with my class back in 86 when this happened.

[@michaelzacks768]

A terribly sad day for our country and the loved ones of those who perished

[@callmeEmvy]

Who's here after successful SpaceX launch?

[@dolfyrantsparodies608]

@Schutzstaffel Really?

[@BOSS-gu9bn]

😔😔

[@jaeden_T0pia]

Schutzstaffel whattt??!

[@edoardo5628]

@Schutzstaffel 🤡

[@slousemm2373]

Wtf does that have to do with this????

[@aidan6075]

You know, this kinda reminds me about the Hindenburg explosion. Both aircrafts had a tear in they’re fuel tanks and both exploded in the air. Sad how history repeats itself...

[@gary9993]

Watched this as a kid on TV in school. We were really confused and hoped that they survived. Didn't even believe the astronauts had died until the news reported it later that evening. Still remember the feeling to this day. RIP

[@noahconstrictor100]

Do yourself a favour: stay out of this comments section.

[@ourmodestfamily]

I can remember watching it with my father. Something I will never forget.

[@kittiewormley]

Mixedish brought me here.

[@BrandonTurner03]

Bro same lol but this is said

[@keonauribe7412]

Same I Never Knew This

[@lolgirl7587]

WORMLEY me too

[@mstinab.5979]

Same

[@wambuichege8914]

Oh my.. Me too

[@rileybaker329]

RIP to the brave astronauts who were on the challenger

[@katiewilliams5643]

I was in a second grade classroom that day just a sad 😢 day and for all who witness the launch that day

[@spideraxis]

Now over 38 years later and I still remember where I was first notice about the explosion.

[@gruhack]

i understand the people who disliked in sadness

[@mariekatherine5238]

Was working at Woolworths in Watertown, NY. I knew my niece had seen it live on TV at Wiley school. I didn't see actual footage until the 10:00 news that night. I worked a double shift because a lot of people had the flu and called in sick. These were the days before the Internet and cell phones gave us instant access to everything.

[@cubinglab6332]

@Mr. DroCro your delusional 'look it up'

[@Witchygirl22]

I was a baby.. I have watched a lot of documentaries about this. So sad. So so sad.

[@masterbetty3020]

@@jimsolo5739 Feel like your smart for that comment buddy? Just shut your trap sheep!

[@jimsolo5739]

Donald Drumpf

[@JRAFF145]

@Mr. DroCro No

[@suhandatanker]

@@jimsolo5739 stfu

[@Spankylanky86]

I was born this day!! I feel the pain for those lost in this tragedy!! Prayers to the family n friends to those lost 🙏 ❤️

[@matthewlee6647]

“We have a report that the vehicle has exploded”. Really... thanks for that Sherlock

[@inspirice9844]

Land communication wouldn't of been watching it live, only communicating.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

LOL not everyone was watching the footage you buffoon...

[@TheCasualRealtor]

In 2023, I would never forget that day watching it from my 4th grade classroom in NY. Scary day and kids cried.

[@kristinahedley8037]

36 years later and not a peep on the news about this anniversary of the Challenger disaster. God bless these lost souls. I was only 6 years old when this happened, so I didn't learn about it until I got older.

[@ylangng6929]

I’m watching this at the same time I’m watching spacex

[@Man0fMeans]

I miss the days without cellphones.

[@MariosPOS]

@Brandon Bennetzen thousands of videos get uploaded on youtube per second. So no. It wouldn't

[@danithebro9025]

@Brandon Bennetzen boomers really have to find a way to complain about everything, huh?

[@Iyana]

dani the bro Right? What do cellphones have to do with this lmao

[@Rexet1961]

yet you still have one and use it (probably daily)

[@90sNath]

@@Rexet1961 hes probably using his computer

[@deb8183]

They say it was an O ring but in reality it was too cold. Such a sad day. Rest in peace challenger crew.

[@babyderosa2803]

The engineers who built the shuttle actually fought to delay the launch because they knew there would be problems with the O ring with the cold weather but the higher ups at Nasa and their engineering company didn't listen to them. So sad that this tragedy occured but even more sad to know it could've been avoided if only they listened to the engineers. Breaks my heart for the victims 💔

[@luislopez-zumaya7947]

Who’s here after Bailey’s video???

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I was eleven years old when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986.

[@primalconcretesledge3137]

I was 9 years old when this happened. It was one of the very first major tragedies I remember happening. Even at such a young age I was able to feel and somewhat understand the weight of this event. I'll never forget it.

[@ktyther]

Such a tragedy. I was in grammar, maybe 2nd grade, school and I remember the day. The smoke shape and how it hung in the sky after the explosion is an image that's embedded in my brain. The launch was such a big deal for us as kids bc of the teacher astronaut. We watched it in the classroom.

[@hiramsart]

I was 9 when I saw this live on the television. It was traumatizing to know that people died on that take off. RIP to those that were in the Challenger.

[@Courtney1992]

The luckiest people in the world died what they love doing.

[@ArtwGraz]

That's sad

[@oggiedoggies]

Wasn't there a teacher on that flight. She was not a career astronaut. Probably still loved the experience up to that point.

[@mikaelj3760]

they loved being exploded? sounds like a one time deal

[@Courtney1992]

@test test I'll have whatever your smoking.

[@kirankandari1895]

I was born late 86 but hearing about this unfortunate incident make me so sad.

[@bdjennings55]

And nobody was held accountable.

[@becauseiexistlmao]

Engineers are a guess.

[@tycotoys]

I went with “Throttle up” last night after eating that hot Mexican Enchilada

[@revenasblack4139]

What's really sad is the crew cabin was blown away from the fireball and they were alive until they hit the ocean, can't imagine how terrifying that would have been. RIP

[@finnishyank7413]

At least 3 were that they can verify, they are not sure about the others.

[@UnYin99]

@Mr. DroCro I looked it up: At least 3 were that they can verify, they are not sure about the others.

[@daveenright1235]

More terrifying if the aft backwall had torn open or its rear cargo view glass windows had burst open. Imagine all the debris flying out back of middeck and upper deck for the 100 sec of upward trajectory and then micro-gravity free fall

[@Naminski1a]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) dedicated to the memory of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger with the opening message: *"The cast and crew of **_Star Trek_** wish to dedicated this film to the men and women of the spaceship **_Challenger_** whose courageous spirit shall live to the 23rd century and beyond..."*

[@Eccadairius]

i was 15 at the time when it broke apart in flight. It was a very sad day.

[@patrickreeves4650]

i was in 2nd grade...mrs ringer's class at harding school in santa barbarba california. she got up, turned the tv off, and we then did an activity outside. that day stayed with me forever. i remember coming home and my grandmother was watching the news and crying about the explosion. so tragic. then a few years later, our 4th grade class watched the next lift off, and our return to space.

[@nairaarrieta4959]

Here after watching new episode of Glow

[@agg4611]

Just read this story on instagram and searched it on youtube. Rest in peace to the brave astronauts. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@randomdude5726]

Read on Instagram? It happened so many years ago, and you just read about it? Are you 4?

[@Manizalest0v4r]

Perhaps. Fkin kiddo

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

“The Challengetr” and “ Instagram” just don’t seem to go together but hey, am going on old.

[@sanhedrinvenus]

they will now :)

[@MilesL.auto-train4013]

@@randomdude5726 You'd be surprised how information travels nowadays. Sometimes people can learn something through the medium of the internet in all of it's wacky goodness(?)

[@phoebl9832]

wow imagine their poor families having to watch them explode

[@lilalarochelle9596]

I was 11 years old, the whole school was on the field watching this launch 35 years ago today here in Central Florida🙏never forget

[@2010Hershey]

At 0:39, you can hear Pilot Mike Smith saying uh oh.

[@myfriendjesus4788]

0:38

[@tanyawieczorek7943]

I honestly don't hear it.

[@larrysouthern5098]

Here it is 2021...35 yrear later...and it probably won't even be on the news anywhere R.I.P. CHALLENGER CREW....

[@nancylacey5047]

this was one of the most shocking disasters that ever happened

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

It sure was! I was like how could this happen in 1986- 2022 to whom ever is a kid now. There were many successful trips to space. It taught me that current technology or no, anything can happen anytime. Eg COVID!

[@PapaPalpatine621]

Rest in peace to all of those on that shuttle

[@MARVELOUS.2501]

Who came after Zack video

[@Shaheeyy]

Me💀

[@lazerajam7672]

who came to the comment section to see if someone ask if who came after zack video?

[@MARVELOUS.2501]

@@lazerajam7672 though I

[@ptroughneck77]

I remember sitting in the elementary school library where we were watching the space shuttle take-off because there was a school teacher going up. It was like a nation wide thing I'm sure schools everywhere were all sitting around watching.

[@philipwasalinski694]

On January 28th, 1986 over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of cape canaveral, Florida on the Tenth flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger on mission STS-51-L the American Shuttle exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing all 7 its crew members. It happened because of the o-ring failure preventing fuel leaks but it never worked because it was at a record low temperature of 28 degrees fahrenheit (about -2 Celsius) and it was because of this that the o-rings failed because they were not meant to take such extreme temperatures. The government was well aware of this but they still wanted to launch the shuttle because they didn't want to postpone the flight any longer as it was already postponed multiple times due to inclement weather.

[@rubenrodriguez1161]

I was at Bowling Green Elementary in Florida. I was with my kindergarten class and we were in amazement when we saw the shuttle in the sky with its twinkling sparkles of reflection from the sun. My teacher Ms. Bigsbee told us to come inside to watch it on TV, so we all ran in line from our recess to go inside and watch the news. Then in astonishment the explosion. We had to have a counselor come in and have us vent our feelings (our teacher was crying so much). I’ll never forget that day. God bless the teacher on board and the families of those who died that day.

[@incidentalist]

Amazing they didnt at least have a parachute on the shuttle...... sad. RIP

[@ToadTheSprocket]

I woke that morning after having a great day and the Military Entrance Post OKC was about to change my life. I was sworn in this day and passed my last physical sworn in and I had my airline tickets underneath my arm. By then I was able to finally find a room with a television and a soda pop machine. I no sooner got the pop out of the machine and looked up at the explosion. Throughout the entire building you could hear a pin drop. My hearts out for the family's

[@littlejohn9458]

I was standing on my grandparents back porch watching when it happened it was sad

[@rexmaximus8331]

I was 6 years old in Kindergarten living in Cocoa Beach Florida watching this outside, that is only a few towns over and we were literally underneath the explosion. I have never forgot that day, I am now 41 years old

[@gaylenesanchez1170]

I remember watching this live back in 1986, horrible! RIP to all aboard the mission! 😔

[@Lily-gs9iv]

In elementary school I was obsessed with anything space and this incident gave me nightmares. I was so sad for them.

[@sovietstriker1690]

Fun fact, big bird was almost on that shuttle

[@sherriolsen7578]

copied

[@Carcharodon]

@@sherriolsen7578 stfu

[@f.frederickskitty2910]

NASA never gave an apology to the families. The engineers warned them it was too cold but they launched anyway. Let that sink in. Chilling.

[@cameronb9159]

This must’ve sucked especially for the kids who lost their teacher that day.

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

Cameron Bratz but for the other relatives who lost wifes, husbands, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters it was an average day, or what??

[@carlosnumbertwo]

Their cabin stayed pressurized for the 3 minutes it took to strike the Atlantic Ocean. Could you imagine being in there knowing your dead? What horror!?

[@lilyojeda7494]

I was in 1st grade teachers came in crying, it was a bad day.

[@noblemcdowell1882]

I remember that day we'll. Very tragic day. To watch this on television was really sad.

[@ronanrogers4127]

I was on a beach in Thailand when this happened. The Thais around me, in their typical happy go lucky way, we’re laughing. Maybe that’s how they deal with shock. I’ll never forget it.

[@ploppledoodledoo17]

In what way? Did it sound forced?

[@Ramenyumyum-x9q]

I’m in 5th grade. I learned about this a bit at the start of the year. I told my parents about it and they said, ”The challenger?” And I said yes! They were in 4th grade watching this in their library they were so excited ,and as it rose up to the sky, it exploded. Everyone was full of grief. Some people were even crying . That must’ve been horrible. RIP our brave astronauts. 🪦 ❤

[@elizabethnunez4027]

i’m too young to remember this, but growing up my teachers would talk about what it was like. i grew up in fear that every shuttle would explode. I just hope the people on board didn’t feel a thing

[@elizabethnunez4027]

the “uh oh” just before the explosion haunts me