From the archives: 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion

(Warning: This video contains footage that some may find disturbing.) “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather” reported on the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986.
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[@sandyjohnson5111]

It’s sickening to know what really happened. Flights safety was not their top priority. Two of the engineers refused to sign off on the go decision but were over written by management. Those individuals who didn’t listen to their own experts, were never held accountable and went on to have a long business career.

[@JimMac23]

The two top executives at NASA were removed from the space program and transferred to paperclip pusher positions. Soon after that, they both left NASA.

[@ChuckCreagerJr]

The problem is the people who signed off on this launch should have gone to jail for manslaughter. Based on the temperatures if they had just waited one more day they would have gotten off safely. However, they consciously and deliberately push the envelope on low temperatures well below anything they had any experience with despite the fact that the experience they did have suggested exactly what happened. They really should have gotten some jail time for that.

[@donkeydnd]

Wasn't it the o rings?

[@Manisha-K-Patel]

38 years ago, was watching this as a teenager aged 14 years old. I am 52 years old and this was absolutely horrific to watch live on the news coverage as it happened.

[@cmaylene6787]

Nearly four decades later, it still hurts our hearts. Fly higher, Astronauts, we'll never forget you or your bravery. xo

[@NIEVESe91]

They were found living in the US lol

[@prouddesk6577]

@@NIEVESe91 no they are pretty dead buddy.

[@whztvoid3093]

They did already 😢

[@ArthurHILL-xp8bv]

Sts 51-l of 7 astronauts were killed after launch explode in the sky in January 28,1986. Space Camp movie in June 6,1986 in the dvd 6 astronauts were in the Sts-51-l in the dvd and jinx of 1 astronaut max. In January 16, 2003 7 astronauts were launching in the Sts-107 columbia Space shuttle columbia in the sky and the space. And in February 1,2003 7 astronauts were in the Sts-107 columbia Space shuttle columbia were heading on earth. Now at 9:00 a.m. the sts 107 Space shuttle columbia explose from the left side of the wing. When the 7 astronauts were killed in the Sts-107 columbia Space shuttle has been explode and the Sts-107 columbia in smoke in the sky to the ground. And hope the Space Camp 2 movie is next for 7 astronauts again.

[@mikechurchill1071]

@@NIEVESe91flat earther talk There!

[@dianalee3059]

It’s 2023 right now and even though I’ve seen this so many times it’s still so hard to imagine. Rest in continued peace, all ❤️❤️❤️

[@versansky75]

I was in second grade when this tragedy happened. It still packs a punch in the gut. This tragedy and the Columbia tragedy.

[@MrCityslickerktm]

Although this video is from the evening news, I remember this day in 1986 like it was yesterday and being home as I was too sick to go to school. I was watching the Price is Right and Dan Rather interrupted the 12:00pm show to announce the explosion.

[@Nicolas-uu3jr]

Very sad, sorry for your loss, & thank you for driving humanity into space, This USA achievement will be looked at in the future with great appreciation.

[@RaddyBRadness]

I was 7 but here’s what I remember .I remember watching this live in school for some reason .Can anyone else remember that .It’s very odd thinking about that as a man in his 40s now .Why was I watching this in school on tv .

[@tomtagliente1464]

Because a high school teacher aboard.

[@frangakia]

Because all of the teachers were super excited to have the first teacher ever in space!!!

[@xeniko1226]

Reagan gave a great speech to the kiddos following this disaster that many kids witnessed live in school that day.

[@robindaugin7639]

Because they always did that with this type of historical event.

[@JimMac23]

There was pressure to launch. Engineers stated that it was dangerous to launch that day in the below freezing temperature. They were overruled by management. NASA didn't want to postpone the launch. And seven astronauts lost their lives because of it.

[@2snowgirl520]

It still hurts

[@foxmccloud7055]

Less than 12hrs till the launch of Artemis I and I came across this video.

[@LikeFenixBird]

I remember 😣😢

[@emiliobello2538]

In memory of the victims of Challenger. No one survived. Worse still, it had a diverse crew

[@cseve8801]

Why is it worse with a diverse crew?

[@emiliobello2538]

@@cseve8801 because they were immigrants away from their families

[@babygaga9415]

@@cseve8801 just one more instance of someone feeling the need to bring in the woken BS. They weren't immigrants in the true sense. They were all born in America. Some people just can't help themselves trying to bring their agenda into everything. it's sickening. I don't know why anyone's ethnicity would make this more of a disaster than it was.

[@chloelawson62201]

@@cseve8801 Gotta bring race into everything, don’t ya know?

[@martinraxyz]

@@emiliobello2538 Awwwww...ignorance is bliss!!!

[@mp15a]

I'll Never Forget Where I Was. How I Felt. What I Thought. 21. Working In a Factory in St. Louis. No Cell Phones. No Internet. Had an Agonizing Wait to Get Home and Turn on the News.

[@krisb5326]

I remember watching this in school but I don’t remember the news coverage afterward. I need to read up and watch a few docs on it to learn the details again. The tragedy of the lives lost was enormous.

[@malachimccoy4271]

I was in highschool, it was extremely terrible

[@geewdanger]

I was only 12 years old in elementary school when I saw this 😢

[@Jerry-tv4bg]

38 year anniversary this Sunday 11.39 am it still haunts me idk why it always will

[@levimicea8070]

why are people saying they survived!?! all 7 of the crew members died in the explosion, including the teacher

[@nathanjohnson5596]

They did not die from the explosion. They died upon impact when the chamber hit the water.

[@songlyrics7197]

@@nathanjohnson5596sorry, thanks for the clarification, but that doesn’t change the fact they they DIED

[@JimMac23]

Because some people are cruel and hateful.

[@lukefortune8314]

@@songlyrics7197 well, this won't save them now, but the shuttle was supposed to have an escape system so that in these circumstance the crew could be rescued. although the launch managers who allowed this to happen were truly at fault, none of it would have happened if the shuttle had been better designed. as much as I like the idea of an all-purpose "spacecraft", the truth is that it should have been a conventional rocket system, possibly reusable like the falcon 9s are today.

[@iamwhitetrashsubhumantrump7374]

I was there living in clear lake city. TX next to the NASA road one that would take you to the NASA. The whole town was closed for two weeks. No in and out for NASA employees. I whipped for days and I still remember it like it was a day ago. I was 23 years old. Rest in peace CHALLENGER.

[@Crilledgeese]

well they went out with honor im not even gonna joke about this one

[@JimMac23]

The shuttle fell hundreds of feet into the ocean. Hitting the surface at that speed was like hitting a concrete wall. The astronauts were killed instantly. Later, divers found their bodies and they were buried at Arlington Cemetery.

[@tomtagliente1464]

Do you have the last part?

[@astraworthington4348]

I was 4 and never forgot this. Horrible.

[@peternatewa6651]

I was watching that launch live on television. Tragic.

[@JimMac23]

The space shuttle was an expensive dangerous failure. And 14 people were killed in two shuttle crashes.

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Challenger, go at throttle up. Roger, go at throttle up.

[@ChicagoMel23]

Ugh people really need to stop spreading lies. It happened, they died, stop denying it

[@seanpennock8094]

Remember watching this in school in 5th grade. Terrible knowing at least 3 survived until impact with the ocean.

[@Leigh3420]

Ugh I didn’t know that 😢😢😢

[@martinraxyz]

Why don't you put the writing a few inches lower and to the right? That would make it complete.

[@Jaydenbennet423]

RIP

[@ChuckCreagerJr]

I was in college at the time and the last report I had suggested they were not going to launch that morning. As a result, after my last class in the morning, I just went ahead and went to lunch. While I was eating I heard three girls talking and one of them said "Oh and what's that teacher board" not catching the full conversation I just figured oh they they did launch. On the way back to my dorm somebody told me that the space shuttle had exploded, given who it was I thought they were joking because most people on campus who knew me knew I was a big space buff. As I entered my dorm and started to head up the stairs to my second-floor room I heard a list of the crew members' names for my first-floor room, it was at that point that the truth dawned on me. When I got up to my room I immediately turned on the radio. After supper that evening they played the video for anyone who wanted to see it and naturally that's my first look at what actually happened.

[@Cosmicoo82]

I was watching this home from work ill. I was only 22

[@williampeacock6495]

i was a sr in high school i was shocked

[@Renegade2786]

1986 must be the year that two Thunderbirds predictions came true. Chernobyl Disaster ~ *The Mighty Atom* Space Shuttle Challenger explosion ~ *Day of Disaster*

[@RaRaCruz]

Right after he confirmed throttle up, then it happened. It had have something to do with the throttle and fuel. I’m guessing since the leak was already flamed when throttling up it let out more fuel and it just burst. Does anyone know exactly what caused this? RIH

[@robindaugin7639]

it was a bad O-ring

[@JimMac23]

The below freezing temperature on that day made the o rings malfunction. They failed and the fuel leak caused the explosion.

[@WiKiTWoNKa]

I was in New Jersey watching this and I did not know exactly what it was that I was actually seeing and it really didn't say again until I moved to Virginia with my grandmother and the students in my new school started making fun of the word NASA meaning "Need Another Seven Astronauts" and it really got under my skin and made me mad and I stand up for them and told them that that was mean and they told me that it was all a joke and I told him you don't joke about people dying and then that seem to be when people started hating me... Seeing this video all over again finally made me feel the impact when I seen that the students were watching their favorite teacher go up in space and everything exploded and that's when I started crying. 😢 I hope the friends and families of these seven brave people in strangers have recovered and if not I pray for the comfort 🙏🏾

[@holeintheleg]

Like many other goddawful incidents in the 80’s - we were kids, but this still haunted us… little did we know… 2000 would shape a whole new millennium

[@f.n.schlub2269]

Why this story now ? ... and 14+ minutes?

[@RoganBits]

Because right before this there was a banking issue. There's going to be lots of tragedies this year too. We've already gotten the train derailment, ohio ship carrying chemicals also sank recently...more to come. All planned.

[@sophiamolin5405]

❤

[@tycotoys]

SRB Conjunction Junction what’s your function ? Burning a hole in the fuel tank and making it malfunction

[@PInk77W1]

They were warned. They were too egotistical To listen

[@TraceyMurray-zg7ih]

That was bad sorry for the people who were killed and there families but as loss of life I think of the young men drafted sent to Vietnam and killed some there families never knew what happened to them

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

I remember watching this as it happened, and I also recall that the cause was determined to be ice on the 'O' rings...?

[@mickcollins1921]

Not ice on them, but a loss of flexibility that due to the cold temperatures that prevented them from holding the seal.

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

@@mickcollins1921 I was obviously remembering the first report then, definitely said 'ice', but it makes sense that they would not have left if ice was really present!

[@JimMac23]

@@AnnabelleJARankin They actually had to clean ice off of an outside control panel before the launch. So it was the below freezing temperatures, ice, and frozen o rings that caused the disaster.

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

@@JimMac23 As I said I recalled...!

[@asmashakir8596]

I was in 10 grade

[@BreinerGuy]

a la bestia

[@katherineteas7299]

Yes I think everyone knows exactly where they were when the shuttle blasted off I was in Florida at the time and for my backyard I could see the shuttle go and it was sad to see a blowout cuz I seen other shuttle flights before and the one that went today well with Krista was not in the you would know that the the crew compartment did break free away from the blast and it was told that the most or all all were still alive and most were conscious until they hit the water said going approximately 200 miles an hour when they hit the water so but yeah they survived the initial blast maybe have there been parachutes on the crew compartment that would have activated of a pond would have activated the parachutes that were hooked to the crew compartment they might have been so they might have survived but we'll never know my heart goes out to all the crew members and their families it happened so many years ago and you just you almost feel like it was yesterday that it happened

[@Jake-hg8mu]

i dont

[@HurricanePatrick]

This was Regan's fault, he was suppose to have her on for his state of the union address, if it wasn't for his address, they wouldn't delayed the launch

[@foxmccloud7055]

Ronald Reagan has no say about when a rocket launches.

[@patriayvida6850]

They don't explode anymore since they can't even take off.

[@missyyy-]

We shouldn’t forget but this tragedy also shouldn’t be paraded out on YT for clicks. It seems in very poor taste. 😢

[@MBBurchette]

I agree with the sentiment, but this is KZbin at it’s best: an outstanding educational resource. These men and women died pushing the limits of human exploration, and I’d much rather see CBS make a few bucks teaching the next generation about their sacrifice than those young people watching a narcissistic influencer.

[@oogabooga7882]

perhaps the last time the media told the truth.... the good ol days👍

[@meanonine]

Some headlines are twisted, but you are a grown up, you are able to read the entire article right and understand what it really says and who is citated or has an opinion? Also, just because a meme says media lies, or you don’t agree with lets say diversity, doesn’t mean it’s lies.

[@JimMac23]

The media still tells the truth. Don't listen to the people who say that they don't.

[@dparis2172]

Who wrote that garbage that Rather read? No class.

[@noahoyeah]

A ufo shot a purple plasma beam at this shuttle.

[@hendrikes9420]

fake . astronautes in life

[@HeyItsMe1224]

Learn to spell and write so someone can take you seriously.

[@robertdanos805]

FACT CHECK! So many lies. No one died on the challenger. We have found 6 out of the 7 still living. And get this, they did not even change their name.

[@ChicagoMel23]

Stop with the conspiracy crap. They did die

[@adamandrea1300]

lol haha funny video 💀

[@HurricanePatrick]

Dan Rather is a bias Democrat like all the other, glad he's retired

[@daveblankenship8313]

Yeah we all fell for it, hook, line and sinker! To think of all the people who were fooled, emotionally manipulated and left broken hearted over this supposed catastrophe! Well, they can stop feeling sad about the crew because six out of the seven are still alive and well, and very well I might add! Check it out for yourself! Christa Mcauliffe is now Sharon A Mcauliffe (lawyer), Ellison Onizuka is now little brother Claude Onizuka, Ronald McNair is now identical twin Carl McNair (inspirational speaker), Richard Scobee is still Richard Scobee (CEO), Judith Resnik is still Judith Resnik (professor), Michael J Smith is still Michael J Smith (professor) and Gregory Jarvis (unknown). If there is anything sad about this event, it is this, that these people agreed to be a part of a world-wide deception and that NASA cannot be trusted.

[@ChicagoMel23]

Wrong, stop spreading lies

[@r.awilson7402]

I believe they are all still alive, and have new identities and are working in Academia and Corporate world IJS

[@joyolson768]

R. A. Wilson- I, to believe they r still alive. Some with their real name and some with a fake name. The msm have been lieing to us for centuries! And 09/11 was an inside job!! Bush Jr was behind it!

[@foxmccloud7055]

Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?

[@darkheart9044]

@@foxmccloud7055 Oh yes. People appear to have suffered braindamage the past 30 years...

[@ChicagoMel23]

Stop believing crap

[@r.awilson7402]

@@foxmccloud7055 I ca believe what I want. Justbas well as you can not believe what you want to. IjMO, truth reveals soon. I've screenshot your reply to reply to once the truth is revealed.

[@ryanweir30]

This is a hoax, all 7 are still alive, you can look each person up and they are all fine, couple of them they claim they have identical twins but no such birth records exist. Crazy world

[@tomcee7]

Look in the mirrow to see crazy.

[@ryanweir30]

No such things as mirrors, only reflective portals to the upside down world bro, pffffft amateur

[@ChicagoMel23]

Wrong. It’s cold hard truth

[@adelaj_]

How could someone survive that fall, if not the explosion? :/

[@costanalexandru5120]

Lol … by not being inside ?