Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion Watched by Back Up Teacher

[@KurtosisNW]

What makes this video more interesting is that we get a glimpse of the emotion of the moment through Barbara Morgan - an astronaut with true “Right Stuff”. She was a teacher who, after this incident, asked NASA if she could honor Christa by taking the next space shuttle launch. Her request was denied. NASA decided that sending a school teacher into space was not their mission or priority. They told her, the only way you’re getting into outer space is if you become a full-fledged astronaut. So, she studied for it. It took her 12 years before she would qualify. She told NASA, I’m an astronaut so I’d like to honor Christa by fulfilling her original mission. They said no. She waited and remained an astronaut for 10 more years until she finally got to sit in Christa’s exact seat, middle right chair, as a mission specialist on STS-118. Unlike Christa’s flight, there was no special fanfare (she was classified as a mission specialist communications officer). She finished her mission and made it back safely. Having finished Christa’s original mission of a school teacher in space, she promptly resigned from NASA and picked up where she left off. Astronauts, known to have “The Right Stuff”, are not always fighter pilot jocks. Barbara Morgan, an elementary school teacher, has “The Right Stuff”.

[@frankleescarlet8881]

Now that's commentary!

[@jrockett73]

KurtosisNW Agree with you she was brave to fly but in my opinion not a very good astronaut. She was not mechanically inclined at all. She flew as the back-up robot arm operator to Tracy Caldwell. She was only in charge of transfering goods from the orbiter to the station. She had to be told things in training several times because she did not understand. She wanted cheat notes for everything placed in the orbiter so once on orbit she would understand. She could not lock things into her memory concerning the orbiter and how it operated. And your wrong about the seating arrangement. Christa flew up in seat seven on the lower deck. She was to return in seat seven as well. Barbara launched in seat six on the lower deck and returned in seat three on the upper deck. She resigned from NASA because she really had no place there or function. She was probably best as a teacher because she was out of her element working for NASA.

[@frankleescarlet8881]

One hundred years ago, during the first World War II, Germany once again became embroiled in a "territorial dispute" with France, whose armed forces had been thoroughly bled white. The most horrific battles were fought in the trenches along the western front lines; it was there that German troops were at an impass-bodies stacked like cordwood;casualties of mustard gas poisoning. Perhaps the greatest betrayal to human-kind was the Roman Catholic Church whose loyalties were more or less pro-Germany, gave a God-fearing hand and just like the good 'ol days, sent thousands of kerosene soaked Serbian nationalists out to pasture and lit a candle. Those who tried to escape were shot. The blazing inferno could be seen for tens of miles, and the sickening stench some say lingered on for months. This all happened before the second WWI.

[@Anna_Stetik]

KurtosisNW Wow! I had no idea about that story. Thank you so much for sharing. What a wonderful woman.

[@MadengoDude]

FRANK LEE SCARLET What the fuck?

[@bananachild1936]

All those years, studying and training to be an astronaut.. blown away like it was dust in just a mere second. R.I.P 1986 Space Crews

[@SidewaysEightSix]

Banana Child the worst part, they didn’t die in the explosion.... they died over 2 minutes later when the flight deck hit the ocean.

[@anastasiasgaming1380]

@@SidewaysEightSix wow, what a worst death from drowning.

[@davidmorison9855]

@@anastasiasgaming1380 not drowning, but from that high hitting the ocean is like hitting cement

[@howboutna9023]

Imagine dying, just live lol

[@howboutna9023]

@@davidmorison9855 lol

[@Hi-lb8cq]

Alot of ppl watching didn't even realize the shuttle even blew up...at least at first they didn't

[@ArKritz84]

high 69 not immediately, no.

[@-Saiden-]

@fast cash hope you're a troll man but it's funny to read you :p could be true but you're a real chicken little shaddap.

[@Fordgroup00]

Saiden Just keep being a good little sheep. Baaaaaa These people now have other jobs

[@pepesylvia9354]

Ogre Dad you are a sheep for believing some fat blogger, with no credentials, instead of scientist.

[@railrider4745]

high 69 I knew, I was raised there....my dad developed boosters, I was screaming at tv not to launch.....😉

[@lavoixdevelours]

Barbara still went into space after this experience/tragedy. She had more faith in NASA than I would have.

[@Hellraiser9020]

this woman... still went to space? :o talk about balls man

[@lavoixdevelours]

Yep, her name is Barbara Morgan and she went on the STS-118 mission.

[@MmeDesgranges]

That's courage

[@LManonymous]

No one can go to space, only spaceships can.

[@ivoupsilon]

There are no words on how brave she was. Jumping into a shuttle after experiencing this traumatic event... truly mind blowing. Very inspirational.

[@ntube7]

Imagine how she must have felt when it blew up. 2nd place out of 11,000 applicants in the teacher in space program. Christa Mcauliffe 1st place on board, but Babara was the stand by reserve who could so easily have been up there herself. She did all the training with Christa and even watched a previous successful launch with her. So sad to see her friend and the crew perish, but the "it could have been me!" feeling must have been hard to shake! 30 years ago today, RIP to all 7 who died that day.

[@jakejones5736]

+ntube7 Screw the "it could have been me!" feeling. How about the "glad it was NOT me!" feeling.

[@brch2]

+ntube7 As a credit to Barbara, she shook it. After being one decision away from being on Challenger that day, and even after Columbia, she ended up becoming an astronaut and flying on STS-118 to the ISS.

[@TheGodParticle]

+Jake Jones I bet she was walking around in a daze for months thinking, my failure save my ass.

[@bobsullivan6857]

+brch2 You're right..........But, I bet I know what she was thinking when they pushed the button on her launch..... Courage distilled to it's pure essence.

[@brch2]

Bob Sullivan From what I can find, she seems as if she was a peace with the whole thing, probably focusing on the mission at hand. But... after all she saw and experienced, and the fact she was one choice away from Challenger being her, but yet after all she had shown in her effort and intent to fulfill her goal... I'm not sure if she'd admit to any negative thoughts or emotions. But then again, by time she went up, she was a NASA employee and certified astronaut, so I don't imagine felt much more or less than whatever general feelings most of them felt the first time. And once past SRB separation on launch was probably definitely at ease, and was in the cockpit for landing so may have been distracted with actual duties to worry about any problems that might arise.

[@IllgoLame]

They were right when they said there was about a couple of seconds worth of “confused excitement” once the ship exploded in front of their eyes. They saw the explosion, and didn’t know what to think of it, except to seemingly look in amazement... until quickly after they realize the horror of what happened. Life is not on our side sometimes :(

[@acroanimates9340]

It hardly ever is. Life can be cruel and the only garentee in life is that there will be death. Hell some of us die before were even born.

[@silverify]

That happens when people challenge God. The same happened with titanic, they said its unsinkable. Are they challenging God with 'Challenger' ?

[@verzeda]

jesus protected them from the satans he ib with them in hell shit i meant heavlen

[@miksuko]

@@silverify the fuck

[@sweetleys]

Silver_ring boy u religious freaks always bring ur cancer onto everything

[@Firebrand55]

This video is somehow more chilling for what it doesn't show.....RIP Challenger crew; you tried to touch the stars and now you are the stars.

[@hfb17]

Or more like Fish Bait?

[@heyheytaytay]

Corny ass

[@waynejohnson1786]

Not anymore

[@bane4839]

Firebrand55 yea no they got fucked

[@MrGunny2009]

Actually, Story Musgrave, an astronaut and doctor, stated afterwards that the crew survived the explosion and did not die until they hit the ocean. He stated that some of them had had time to put on their emergency oxygen masks so at least some of them were conscious during the fall. Scary.

[@viniardenghi]

01:35 "that's not right" damn man, horrific moment.

[@urworsthacker]

So sad losing such brave intelligent people RIP the entire crew.

[@truthwarrior7826]

they're still alive

[@thisismyname1701]

@@truthwarrior7826 why would you even say that

[@truthwarrior7826]

@@thisismyname1701 research NASA. Full history and take the blinders off. Those astronauts are alive and well. Its a con game. A deception.

[@Empty-ov3on]

@@truthwarrior7826 who would benefit from having them viewed as dead and why?

[@Empty-ov3on]

@@truthwarrior7826 and ignoring my comment only shows I'm right;)

[@laureiishon]

When she says "Bye Christa Bye crew" i feel so bad :(

[@alissonlares2926]

4 sure. its is really sad...

[@qj877]

When did you hear that?

[@maeganclemo5201]

+DemocracyOfHypocrisy around 17 seconds into it.

[@adamcarranza6299]

No one ever died, # Hoaxathon, research it, it was staged, the astronauts are alive & well

[@qj877]

+Adam Carranza And the earth is flat too right?

[@alexaltego]

And then she trained and trained and applied and re-applied until NASA accepted and she went into space decades later and sat in her friend’s exact seat to honor her. Heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time.

[@OregonCrow]

uhhh no.

[@alexaltego]

@@OregonCrow doesn’t take more than 5 mins to research

[@capndallas4918]

​@@alexaltegoyeah cos the Internet never lies.

[@alexaltego]

@@capndallas4918 lmao two years and this is still going 😂 well if you consider the interviews with Barbara herself saying exactly that to be lies, then…

[@DevinEMILE]

@@OregonCrowI mean she’d did become an astronaut and did fly into space. If she sat on the same seat idk.

[@Hiker63]

I had just moved down to Florida a few months before. It was very cold that morning. It was the first launch I had ever seen. I stood outside my home and snapped some pictures. One of the pictures was the fireball. My neighbor who had watched other launches yelled over that something didn’t look right. I had the television playing and could here that it had exploded. I’ll never forget it.

[@herbie53opf]

Do you still have the pictures?

[@TheRabbitHasLanded]

Yea very unfortunate, my dad was classmates with the daughter of the commander and it was devastating

[@randyrazor6780]

I remember that day just like yesterday. I was in the 5th grade and the teacher had the TV in the room and we were all watching it. When the shuttle exploded the teacher ran over and turned the TV off fast

[@randyrazor6780]

@@nickyd6155 You weren't even born yet. Lol

[@tydyman2003]

@@nickyd6155 try harder

[@Endorkish]

This incredibly brave woman was reselected and went into space on board STS-118 in 2007.

[@jawoody9745]

I'm glad that Barbara got her wish to fly into space.

[@DWProductions87]

Endork that takes some serious guts

[@archie977]

DWProductions87 no dowt a bout it

[@magzthepro]

Raptor Claws Someone said it's Endeavor.

[@Endorkish]

Raptor Claws STS is the mission name, I believe. It is separate from the name of the actual craft flown on.

[@luffyduffy7817]

It broke my heart when she was like "bye Christa! bye crew!" only for her to witness her friends dying a few seconds later. R.I.P Challenger Crew

[@karlhelm875]

+Laura Jane This nice teacher will be replaced by a fat inbred teacher who believes explorers are meddlers and their evil.

[@keneblana]

The same kind of teachers that taught you the difference between their and they're? Or were you just not paying attention that day?

[@stevenhalliday7297]

+Karl Helm are you 12?

[@gojobuddy]

+keneblana lol

[@fatherthyme4587]

Society has progressed because of progressives! Of course, a disease like cancer can *_progress_* throughout the body too.

[@OrcCorp]

This is so heartbreaking to watch 😥

[@5emiliobocanegra644]

Yeah :(

[@Veronica-bc6pp]

It’s painful ☹️🥺

[@howboutna9023]

Lol imagine dying, just live idiots

[@kaliuchissss]

@@howboutna9023 imagine being so rude to people who died. i cant believe you.

[@saraswinerton7202]

@@howboutna9023 the only idot is you

[@dynelol]

Never has second place been worth so much.

[@mattkelly9000]

how? whats disrespectful is you calling people cunts.

[@nickworster4627]

dynelol that is a really ignorant comment

[@nickworster4627]

Matt Kelly wow you are stupid

[@nickworster4627]

Lewis Martin the morons in this comment section have no respect

[@Wooflungpoo]

o yays! i vot trump! how you no? fucking idiot

[@lanceolot7498]

"That's not right." "That's not right." R.I.P.

[@likeclockwork6473]

They weren't dead yet. The crew compartment remained intact until it hit the water below. They were alive and conscious until that point. Quite a scary way to go

[@Ekskrementer]

+Like Clockwork64 full of shit. How do you kbow

[@callista6813]

Ekskrementer The control center knew this. The shuttle didn’t actually “explode”. The crew was able to communicate with the control center and monitor how they were doing until a certain point.

[@WestIndianAK]

It's been repeatedly analyzed and widely enough reported (not necessarily by the media, but definitely by the experts) over the years-e.g. www.nbcnews.com/id/3078062/ns/technology_and_science-space.

[@WestIndianAK]

+Like Clockwork64 Or if you're not the reading type: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6LGlZJpmcaDh5o

[@jakebrown5422]

We had a snow day.. I was 15. They played it over and over that day.

[@jakebrown5422]

@@resync4622 I'm from Asheville NC..school was snowed out that day.

[@bailey9633]

I don't see how it was a nation-wide tradgedy besides the fact that we proved that we were inferior to Soviet space technology. Multiple people die brutal deaths in car crashes everyday. Why is a rocket explosion mourned like 9/11?

[@virtuaguyverify]

@@bailey9633 because we don't fly to space every day. It's a bigger accomplishment than getting your Driver's license

[@bailey9633]

@@virtuaguyverify it's pretty ironic that we DO fly in and out of space everyday lol

[@virtuaguyverify]

@@bailey9633 you just answered your own question. How many rocket explosions do you see everyday vs cars? Rare occasions get more publicity

[@joynthis]

Morton Thiokol engineer Roger Boisjoly told them this would happen. Warnings from smart people are often ignored.

[@ramblinman7153]

I used to work for Thiokol. Many years after this incident.

[@paultanner7671]

Weird for the global warming guy to accuse the other people of being 'children afraid of the bogeyman'. No, we're the adults not afraid of the bogeyman. You and your ilk have a vested interest in everyone being afraid of that particular one which is all the more reason not to be.

[@paultanner7671]

You keep accusing others of being exactly what you are. This is called projection in psychology. We are not afraid of something, in this case. You are.

[@paultanner7671]

Ooooh, science. I love science. Science says all non-white countries and peoples (other than the east Asians) have really low IQs. It also says there are two genders and gives an evolutionary explanation for the necessity of gender norms. So you like science too?

[@Triumvirate3]

James Miller Just cut the pseudo intellectual crap already. You’re like a child who believes everything your parents (aka the gov) tells you. I doubt you’ve ever questioned all the “facts” you believe in like a religion. Everything you think you know is secondhand knowledge. You’ve merely chosen who to respect as an authority of reality, but the fact is you don’t know eff all.

[@nickiula1632]

“that’s not right, that’s not right”. heart breaking words.

[@leosypher9993]

It was just a bit too cold that day, an O ring didnt seal properly, my condolences to those who lost loved ones

[@tc7630]

Worst part is that it was predicted and ignored

[@Neotokyo69]

It’s fake

[@JustinLodes]

SilverStone they launched in January when it was cold which caused the O ring to fail. If they would have launched in April the weather would have been warm enough to prevent this from happening

[@jcopeisdaddy]

@@JustinLodes you basically repeated exactly what he said lol

[@TheRealerArbor]

@@ivanponjavic931 Deus Vult brother.

[@theotherside931]

*Hurts to see her go from joy to tears.* *She is brave to shake off the trauma and still become an astronaut herself.*

[@stefanklok8240]

The way that the older man realized what was happening was chilling

[@leedolian4482]

Does people comprehending what they see normally scare you?

[@quantumphaser]

I was in my Junior Year of high school. I was a huge NASA geek, almost never missed a shuttle launch on TV. We were watching on the AV Clubs 25" zenith cart tv when it happened, there was nothing but silence in the room for what seemed like an eternity. I will never forget that day.

[@JoshuaTootell]

They rolled a TV into the room of my kindergarten class to watch live. Room full of 6 year olds.

[@christopherb5183]

quantumphaser as I read this comment, I no less than seven hours ago thought to myself. ‘I should buy this 65” tv for $498’, it’s amazing how far we have come...

[@fetti214]

quantumphaser same thing with me but it was 9/11

[@mirageseekr]

Don't be sad. They have found the Astro-nots all alive and well, some even using their real names. NASA is a scam, used to steal trillions from the taxpayers to fund black ops programs and line their pockets. Im not a troll, there have been a few people proving this for years but they are either disappeared or not given a platform to speak the truth.

[@harktheharold4523]

I was a junior also at lunch...

[@RingQuest]

I remember my teacher corralling us into the school library to watch the launch. I was 12. I loved astronomy (and still do). When the shuttle exploded, I remember the teacher shutting off the television, and covering her face with the palms of her hands. I remember how hard it was for me to accept what had happened. Heading to the stars with that much fuel behind you is such a risk, but if it weren't for risk and men and women as brave as this crew were, we'd still be in the Stone Age. R.I.P.

[@nikkibrookhart699]

I was 10 and in 5th grade. We were watching it too. My teacher did the exact same thing. The rest of the day was just talking about what happened. I remember this day like it was yesterday. The first teacher in space ..I'm guessing thsts why a lot of students were watching with their teachers that day.

[@RingQuest]

@@nikkibrookhart699 I think you're right. I never really thought about why everyone seems to mention the teacher so much, but you made a good point in that things were kind of different then, with more respect for the sciences and great feats of humankind. Many comments on KZbin keep asking why the rest of the crew is not mentioned like the teacher, but I think you've just answered it. 😀

[@nikkibrookhart699]

@@RingQuest thanks. Well you are right.. No one talks about things like this anymore. Our children have no-one to really look up too. No Christa Mcauiliffes to look up to.. Its really different Now..:(

[@RingQuest]

@@nikkibrookhart699 It is... I miss the 80's! *steps into time machine*

[@nikkibrookhart699]

@@RingQuest ABSOLUTELY. LOL The fashion was awful , but Idk it was just fun to be a kid in the 80' S..hell I loved being a teen in the 90's. .but yeah Atari..collecovision lol and just running the neighborhood and people looked out for one another. Now every one is attached to smart technology. I can't even get in touch with my young childs teachers..they want to email?? Huh? Why? Lol. I will tell you what I told her..she is lazy. My teachers had 25 students to a classroom.. I believe my son had 21. I honestly think teachers need pay raise and all that goid stuff..maybe that's why they are so distant now? Anyway..sorry I'm rambling everywhere..but yes that would be cool. :)

[@kennethjohnson9169]

"...We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God. ” -President Ronald Reagan

[@communitycollegegenius9684]

No, while Reagan did speak these words... They are excerpts from the poem "High Flight" by, John Gillespie Magee Jr. a Canadian fighter pilot in WWII who deserves full credit for the quote. "Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew - And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, - Put out my hand, and touched the face of God." Magee, ironically, died in 1941 bailing out of his (out of control) airplane, but was at too low an altitude for his parachute to have time to open, and was killed instantly on impact with the ground.

[@bennycostello2472]

@@communitycollegegenius9684 They died with their boots on.

[@akilalleyne426]

@@communitycollegegenius9684 Damn...I actually just learned something valuable from a KZbin comment! Now *this* is one for the books. :)

[@elhijodelchupacabra]

@@communitycollegegenius9684 Peggy Noonan prepared that speech/address, Nor Reagan or Noonan claimed that particular line as their own.

[@communitycollegegenius9684]

Hijo mío, tu comentario no tiene valor ni forma adecuada.

[@fanboy2015]

“Go with throttle up”, that’s when the explosion happened.

[@jiska111111111111111]

Was that said in cockpit?

[@charlesmcmillion5118]

@@jiska111111111111111 No. It was "Challenger - go a throttle up" and it was from CapCom/Flight Control. The computers had throttled the vehicle back for a brief time as it passed though Maq q and the announcement was to communicate that everything looked good for the computers to throttle the engines back up. "During a normal Space Shuttle launch, for example, max q occurred at an altitude of approximately 11 km (35,000 ft).[1] The three Space Shuttle Main Engines were throttled back to about 60-70% of their rated thrust (depending on payload) as the dynamic pressure approached max q;[2] combined with the propellant perforation design of the solid rocket boosters, which reduced the thrust at max q by one third after 50 seconds of burn, the total stresses on the vehicle were kept to a safe level."

[@gstyle1911]

Throttle up is by far, the most dangerous part of launch.

[@char2c584]

@@gstyle1911 Along with Re-entry

[@mirageseekr]

All of the Challanger Astro-nots have been found alive and well, some living under the same name. This was just another deep state false flag. Wake up to the deception. Do a quick search and look at the photo's yourself.

[@TheMrCHELL]

1986 - *Space Shuttle explodes and causes the death of the astronauts. 2014 - *People start a fight on the comments section of a video about the tragedy, fighting about who is better, british or americans. Internet is really an insane place.... :-/

[@thejhonnie]

VulcanS so stupid. It's obviously Americans.

[@ranchreviewer9040]

Tracksuit Jhonnie your just proving his point

[@thejhonnie]

Ares you're*. What country are they launching this space shuttle from? I forget..

[@richrich9740]

NIGGA IGGA NNIGGA NIGGA IM 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000% NIGGA

[@hwr2590]

Tracksuit Jhonnie what language do you speak ? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jgunther3398]

She comes across here as a good soul. I'm not surprised to read that after graduating from Stanford she chose to teach remedial classes in impoverished areas.

[@Formula1Madx]

@Irritable Jon Syndrome Well we've all read the few lines that you've written here & we've found no problem sizing you up 😏

[@willy2447]

That lady ends up going to space, she's really pretty cool.

[@paytroy]

@Seljak Magnum hello 4 months ago!

[@commandingofficer4693]

Hello!

[@xlnuniex]

My second teacher had applied to be on this space shuttle to be the first teacher in space. I clearly remember how shaken up he was when discussing it to us. Even being that it was almost a decade after the Challenger disaster. He has tears in his eyes and just broke down. RIP to all those aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

[@donniebaseball1747]

Nobody was on that shuttle

[@armorpro573]

@@donniebaseball1747 Uhh yes they were

[@sdsmt99]

Every kid in America had a teacher that applied. The "3rd place guy" who no one ever saw of course, was from my school. *wink wink*

[@KimberlyCeezU]

My mother retired from NASA in Clear Lake City 13 years ago. She was a Flight Packer Specialist with high security clearance. Momma was very humble about her knowledge in what she did for NASA, for decades she did this. She packed many items for this flight as all the flights, the crews personal belongings and items going into space for testing. These tragedies hurt her deeply. She was also NASA Employee of the Month years ago. I was so very proud of my momma! Still proud. She passed away a few years back and i miss her everyday. Very few people got the chance to play a significant part of the space program.

[@austinangeles2141]

Why hasn't anyone replied?

[@KimberlyCeezU]

Austin Angeles...no words, perhaps. Thanks for reading.

[@Elpenor]

@@KimberlyCeezU May your mom rest in peace.

[@KimberlyCeezU]

Cracc...Thank you, sweetheart!

[@geese5170]

My grandfather was on the team that engineered the New Horizons spacecraft. Much respect to your mother

[@MrScottie68]

Barbara had no idea standing there that this was the luckiest day of her life.

[@kakashihatake6176]

Damn she looked so happy and then...

[@ADAKAR83]

Anx then... 'this would be me...'

[@SoulforSale]

Do you know that Krista Macalufs eyes were blue. One blew this way and one blew that way

[@mikerusso703]

A Casual Gamer AHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@fly-high-me]

0:16 "Bye Christa! Bye crew!" Couple second after this words get another meaning terrifying meaning...

[@Pistonbilly]

I will never forget that day. I was only ten years old and had done a report on the shuttle and launch. That morning I was allowed to stay home for a little while and watch the launch then once I got to class I was to get up and do my report. I ended up telling the teacher I couldn’t because I had to re write the ending and the idiot called me a liar and made me stand in the hallway. I didn’t care though I was so upset about what I just witnessed and it still 😭 me up now.

[@doughesson]

Did you ever get an apology?

[@codymoe4986]

You were allowed to play hooky, and then wonder why your teacher was annoyed?

[@bubblinbrownsugar616]

Shit. Can you imagine. I couldn't be in her shoes after fully realizing what happened.

[@unusualbydefault]

what always gets me is the cheering of the crowd. almost on all clips you spot people who APPLAUD at the explosion because they think it's part of the seperation process. even here, you can see her rejoice and in the background one dude says "that's not right....that's not right"

[@mickeymantle1930]

why does that get u?? they obviously don't know what exactly is supposed to happen and it was pretty obvious the thing blew completely apart but in the moment ur expecting something completely different but don't know exactly what..I mean the teachers parents were laughing and u could tell most people on the ground did not know for sure if it was a normal part of the separation, because there is only so fast that a human can process something that far away but that immediate of devistation. I think anytime u r in a crowd especially at a public event or something dramatic as a shuttle launch you are incapable of putting it all together fast enough. plus if thy had any exit strategy they would have all lived..they almost certainly all survived the explosion only to hurdle toward earth with no way of slowing down. Obviously once it hit anything from that far up they all died instantly but that compartment did not hit the water for about 5 mins and the announcer of the launch was not looking at the flight but receiving information from.Nasa and relaying it. In the main broadcast of the take off it takes about 90 second when the guy finally says the Shuttle blew apart and that's when anyone who didn't know already that something was seriously wrong found out then and u could hear way more gasps than when it initially blew up...I think the psychology of it is linked to following orders and listening to a very matter of fact and deliberate broadcast about something u really know nothing about. I'm sure anyone that was an astronaut or worked for Nasa or even saw a shuttle take off before would have known immediately.

[@Duhya]

It gets you because they are unknowingly cheering multiple deaths.

[@richiebee1984]

Duhya at 1:29 you can hear the explosion

[@Dutch1954]

rattlehead is a SHITHEAD

[@SSJ4Supermanarot]

0:55 "bye". It's beyond chills. I feel nervous, almost ill...

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

It's later when you release that bye is forever.

[@gracielovely1]

@@TheMrPeteChannel realize

[@victoraustin2010]

Barbara Morgan did eventually fly in Space Shuttle flight STS 118 from August 8th to August 21st 2007 in the shuttle Endeavour, she was by than a full fledged astronaut in her own right. She didn't fly as a teacher.

[@josephvadenshelley2206]

I didn't know that! I've got to read more about it.

[@SonsoftheEagle]

because the teacher bit was a lie. it was to pull the heart strings of gullible people like yourself.

[@clancykobane9102]

thats weird.

[@easleyrider]

She’s an incredible story. They should make a movie based on her.

[@TheRealMrSnickers]

I remember watching this live as a kid coming home from school. I was so excited to watch it even today So heartbreaking even so many years later

[@thesisko4031]

@Garfield Ford you are mistaken.

[@stevenpratt5719]

Did you have school on a graveyard shift?

[@soulreaperichig0]

Why is this suddenly in everyone's recommendations?

[@TheBoomhahaha]

Mr.Sceptic Right 🤔🤔🤔

[@TROYLAV1]

They found the crew still alive!!! 30 years later...they lied period, no one died!!! Look it up ,yourself

[@doughesson]

The anniversary is coming up.

[@kalebbruwer]

@@doughesson That must mean that there was a slight increase in people clicking on it and the algorithm decided to just go with it.

[@Adam-vs2in]

Because NASA wants everyone to believe everything they say they do. The moon landing never happened because they can’t get passed the radiation (Van Allen belt). That’s why they can’t even go to outer space now. It’s a joke. The other joke is all the people that get mad and butthurt at the people that don’t believe any of it. It really does hurt their feelings that other people question things that show lack of proof.

[@thedyslexicorangutan8049]

"no that's not right. that's not right" :(

[@urbanhesse6084]

Yes I remember the disaster ..

[@urbanhesse6084]

Say Camden what's that a picture of on your logo ? Is it a man riding a horse ?

[@Hubieee]

The disaster occurred due to the cold temperatures and the disregard of warnings of engineers of Thiokol, the manufacturer of the rocket boosters of the Space Shuttle. During initial ignition, hot rocket fuel gases are starting to ignite through the rocket booster. Field joints holding the different segments of the boosters together are designed to cut off gases from streaming through them and exiting the booster from the sides. During ignition O-rings are designed to close the gap in the field joint within fractions of a second. Due to the cold temperatures the rubber of the O-Rings did not behave as intended as it didn't expand quick enough to prevent the hot combustion gases from passing through the joint. This problem was already observed during all former starts of Space Shuttles under ~12°C. When this happened the O-Rings suffered severe damage, leading to their failure. Hot combustion gases streamed through the joint, burned the rest of the O-Ring... but the gap was eventually closed by fuel debris that remained unburnt like cinder or aluminiumoxide. The gap was closed within seconds after the take-off. Sadly, when Challenger reached a certain height and speed, air resistance becomes a serious issue for the space ship as well as shear winds, which is why every Space-Shuttle has to throttle down the engine power of its own engines but also of the rocket boosters. Strong winds may have led to sudden movements of parts in the field joint, resulting in the loosening of the temporary plug in its gap. Else, a throttle up after passing through the critical range of heights (Mission Control: "Challenger, go at throttle up" - Challenger: "Roger, go at throttle up.") might have add to the pressure on the joint and its further burning. When it came to this point, all was lost. Instead of smoke, flames began to stream through the gap. They damaged the steel strap that mounted the rocket booster on the fuel-tank (the big red one in the middle which feeds the shuttle's engines with oxygen and hydrogen). At some point the strap broke apart, springing a leak into the hydrogen tank. The flames ignited the hydrogen, which then accelerated into the top tip of the fuel tank, where the oxygen is stored. Both hydrogen and oxygen then exploded in a huge fireball, blasting off the Space Shuttle and breaking apart Challenger. The astronaut's cabin is believed to have remained intact after Challenger disintegrated into thousand pieces. It is possible that all or a few astronauts were still alive but most probably unconscious due to the enormous g-forces at work during the explosion. However, if a parachute mechanism had been integrated into the cabin, perhaps lives could have been saved, but no one will ever know sadly. RIP brave crew of Challenger. :*-(

[@andykemnitz1225]

+kjones0261 Shut the fuck up already, give a good reason why anyone would stage this... Also, if I do a "quick search" on google, it says that all of these people perished in this disaster.

[@liamailiam]

+Hubieee So, jet fuel cant melt steel beams. But rocket fuel can?

[@dtrcs9518]

+kjones0261 yea, they are all alive and well, living with the reptillians in neptune growing magic mushrooms, quick research you can find all that mate, all true

[@kjones0261]

Love how people just reply without doing any research. I don't care what you decide is truth, but I'm willing to put it out there so hopefully just a few with bother to take a closer look. Reptillians; are you nuts?

[@monsterluv101]

+kjones0261 the government wants you to think this was staged.

[@europeanplaguedoctor491]

This is really sad but why is the category "entertainment"

[@DeariShowOfficial]

Because its entertaining

[@bobbifields1477]

Sawyer Nolan nothing about people dying is entertaining

[@DeariShowOfficial]

@@bobbifields1477 yes it is entertaining. Entertaining in a bad way.

[@bobbifields1477]

Sawyer Nolan to each their own

[@colbalt95]

@@bobbifields1477 when you watch enough life leak unfortunately becomes cringing to watch

[@ivanvdk4902]

RIP the whole crew. We still remember as it was yesterday. Our condolences from Belgium to their families.

[@kimbird6554]

ivan van de kerchove, the crew of the ill fated challenger. are still alive and well today . prooved still alive some even still using their original names others saying it was there twin space travel with humans is fake . wake up.

[@thecrazynightowl7959]

Kim Bird Oh fuck off with your conspiracy theories dude. Send me a link to the article saying that they’re still alive, and using different names.

[@brianwilliams5662]

@@kimbird6554 Hey look its one of those complete nut job conspiracy theory freaks. Get help.

[@AndiYagudayevalt]

It is so sad she had to watch her friend Crista McAuliffe and six others perish in that tragedy. She must have been so heartbroken. that day must of been the saddest day of her life.

[@jawoody9745]

I can't imagine what kind of emotional hell she went through that day... Barbara, and Christa's family. Hell, all of us. I know I'll never forget it.

[@bolobalaman]

Nope. not until Sept 11th

[@kjones0261]

+Arthur Yagudayev No one died in this event. It was staged. Please do a quick search and you will see these people are still alive and well........

[@rclove1813]

+kjones0261 Please shut the fuck up.

[@leahframe1]

+kjones0261 it was not staged

[@lect0n7]

In 2016 I was driving my kids’ mom & our kids one night in Framingham, Massachusetts. We drove past the McAuliffe branch of the Framingham public library & she says to the kids “it’s meant to look like a space ship” one of the kids asked “Why?” And she responded “I have no idea” and I was like “What?! You know who Christa McAuliffe was don’t you?!” And she asked “Should I?” & I said “You’re a Teacher, FROM Framingham, MA, your mom was a teacher all through the 1980s…I SHOULD THINK SO!” & she was like “no, I don’t know who she is” & I said “Okay, we’re going to go home, put the kids to bed, then we’re going to watch a few KZbin videos & you’re gonna learn who Christa McAuliffe WAS”. So we watch this video that explains all the background information” and we watch the launch & *“Challenger Go With Throttle-Up”* & Mission Control kept right on going & so my kids’ mom “What Just Happened?!? What did I just watch?!” And I was like “My dad’s a satellite engineer, what happened with this, all the engineers were saying ‘DON’T LAUNCH!! POSTPONE THE LAUNCH! THE O-RINGS CAN’T SEAL AT UNDER 40°!!” And they launched anyways, so she ways like “what happened?!” And we watched a different angle and I went frame by frame & paused I said “See the flame right there?! That’s right up against the SRB or _Solid Fuel Rocket Booster,_ fire isn’t supposed to touch that…”

[@TheBrewdonkey]

I remember growing up in Florida and watching this happen with my own eyes in 2nd grade. My classmates and I were gathered out in front of the school cheering while the shuttle rocketed toward the atmosphere and then *poof* it was gone. Our teachers quickly gathered us up and took us inside to explain what we just saw. They cancelled school for the rest of the day so we could be with our parents. The full weight of it didn't his until years later. A true tragedy this was.

[@donwinslow6967]

I was in 9th grade when the Challenger exploded. My science teacher had a TV set up in the class to watch the launch, but the reception was really poor, so we never saw the launch in class. By the time I got to my next class, the look on my teacher's face was tough to see. My heart still goes out to the families and friends of the astronauts.

[@DarthAverage]

At 1:18, we hear CAPCOM call, "Challenger, go at throttle-up", followed by Dick Scobee's readback at 1:20 ("Roger, go at throttle-up."). So we know that the gasp at 1:24 is the deflagration of the external fuel tank (usually referred to as the "explosion"). Barbara apparently thinks she's seeing SRB separation, because she responds initially with an excited hand gesture, followed by, "All right! Right!", and clapping her hands. It's only when someone off camera says, "No, that's not right. That's not right!" at 1:37 (perhaps beginning to see the "streamers" of debris falling from the intended flight path? We don't know because the camera angle doesn't show view of the sky), that she starts to become aware ... just 10 seconds after that realization the NASA officials begin to move her from the viewing location.

[@JoshJoshJoshJoshJoshJosh]

My heart breaks for this poor teacher. To see her go from admiration and joy to confusion and shock is gut-wrenching.

[@josephk6679]

This was the first horrific event i remember seeing on live tv....not the last sadly..

[@KimKATdashian]

Me too!

[@brianvolpe3242]

Dido!!

[@pierrotlavoie]

yes I watched Obama becoming president.

[@SpurnOfHumanity]

@@pierrotlavoie then much MUCH worse came 8 years later.

[@hummingbirdcake1902]

I remember seeing the Twin Towers collapse on the TV in my school, and my gym teacher was crying on her phone while her brother was trying to get out of the tower. He survived but, it is still chilling.

[@matthiasrandler669]

1:17 Challenger, go at throttle up. This sentence will always be the mark for when the explosion exactly happend. You dont even need image, you just know it happend right that second. Chilling.

[@sandyv123]

this breaks my heart..the way she was clapping and saying goodbye, she was so excited for her friend and had no idea she was about to witness her death. absolutely heartbreaking. RIP.

[@ThyRedCoats]

They gave their lives in the pursuit of advancing humanity closer towards space exploration. RIP!

[@liamailiam]

too bad we cant sort ourselves out down here on earth. fuck humans

[@ThyRedCoats]

liamailiam You do realize that space exploration would open humanity up to vast resources and the ability to colonize planets... ending over population, ending food and oil shortages, ending the exhaustion of planetary resources on earth because it would be so spread out, ending pollution and most likely, ending war. I'd say space exploration is one of the most important things that humanity has to do to survive. P.S, in case you haven't realized, you are a human.

[@liamailiam]

ThyRedCoats thats true. however, these problems can be overcome without space exploration. a balance of the two would "sky rocket" humanity to greatness. imagine how space programs would benifit without war, pollution, resource famine, ect. i think thats why all space programs are established from 'stable' countries, yet they are not putting enough effort into it due to affairs, money problems and war. just my view on the subject and im pro-space exploration for sure. its my passion

[@liamailiam]

ThyRedCoats not to mention what space exploration has done so much for us down here aswell

[@nerblebun]

ThyRedCoats So would a hearty virus that wipes out 3/4 of the human population. Give the planet a chance to heal itself from all the damage humans have done in just the last 200 years.

[@GamingNoobpro-dp3iq]

For 1986, this is actually great quality.

[@DougCeleste]

Still hurts to see 30 years later. RIP Challenger Crew 7!!!

[@03056932]

Just look it up. they are all still alive using the real names. pictures, detailed family trees and hundreds of hours of research are available online. look it up. no crew was aboard. welcome to your journey of nasa lies.

[@conniemaheswaren554]

+03056932R Tf shut the fuck up

[@intersellartraveler]

No crew on board?? I'm glad that when we finally get to Mars...ignorant people like you will thankfully...be left behind. (I was in the U.S. Navy on the USS Hornet. We picked up the Apollo 11 astronauts....I even got to see the astronauts in the Airstream trailer...people like you...called it a hoax...It wasn't...I was there.)

[@treebles]

Michael Patrick ~ thank you! ✨🚀⛴✌🏻️

[@Mrbfgray]

Never was some one so grateful to have LOST the lottery.

[@Dallasboy214]

1:40 “No that’s not right...that’s not right at all.” Haunting 😨

[@youbestbequiet]

I just got out of boot camp and was in A school in San Diego. I was ordering a burrito waiting in line in the mess hall watching it on tv. I'll never forget that moment.

[@youbestbequiet]

@TheRuffington From what I recall, outstanding

[@youbestbequiet]

@TheRuffington The things in life one remembers. Insignificant at the time and then 30 years later, it's engrained in your brain and memories

[@mikedaflexta]

I remember learning about this in 97. My Science teacher got real emotional talking about it. He said how the younger generation lacked emotion following tragedy. RIP to the Aviators, Educators, and scientist.

[@danielbridges8705]

lmaoyourekiddingme I laughed because I was so stunned, shocked, dumbfounded, while simultaneously trying to come up with a response that my brain interpreted it as a joke (because it was 'unbelievable'). I also think I was in the middle of a sentence so that verbal part of the brain was pushing some response. Laughter is not always deliberate or intended.

[@bambang303378]

lmaoyourekiddingme Any of them became successful person or even have a job now days?

[@ktkalicka]

The younger generation did not "lack emotion". I saw this for the first time when I was a little girl, I had no idea what the fuss was all about, Ok so people died, all I saw was debris flying and some space mission making people cry and act weird around me. Its only now as an adult, who is starting to understand life, and how precious and precarious it is, that I watch these moments with pure feeling, sorrow, bewilderment, relfexion on life itself. The younger generation has GROWN UP and is NOT lacking emotion. RIP

[@5C2WMedia]

lmaoyourekiddingme This video scared the living shit out of me. Not because I was scared about the explosion, but because I imagined being on board and being blown into pieces. RIP

[@5C2WMedia]

***** Oh. Holy shit, that's just as bad.

[@TheJerseyNinja]

Those involved and their families watching is one thing, but I cannot IMAGINE being someone watching who was a backup in case the one person got cold feet and just didn’t want to go anymore, knowing that all it took for you to have been the one inside of that and your life being over was that one woman on board getting cold feet, or something preventing her from going. I’m sure she thanks her everyday for her bravery to go and not get cold feet which absolutely saved her life. What an unknown, brave sacrifice that was

[@angriestvaper8437]

I remember I was 10yrs old and watching this in our elementary school class. We discovered on that day that none of us wanted to be an astronaut.

[@leisulin]

It looks like she had the same kind of delayed reaction we "all" did watching it live. I was watching on TV. I saw the explosion, but didn't understand what had happened. I thought there was a lot of smoke from the solid rocket booster separation, and was waiting for the shuttle to emerge from the other side of the smoke cloud, as strange as that seems now. But my mind didn't accept, at first, what my eyes were seeing. It took probably 10 seconds or so for it to dawn on me what had happened. The experience of it wasn't simply "go at throttle up", then poof it blew up. It took a while to realize it. Even in the video (though we can't see it cuz it's out of frame [good work, cameraman]), it looks like she initially cheered at the sight of it blowing up, not realizing what had happened.

[@leisulin]

vernonclassic Well, I'm not suggesting that EVERYONE would have the same reaction, which is why I put "all" in quotes...but I do believe the vast majority of people did.

[@jawoody9745]

vernonclassic Agreed! We ALL had the same reaction. Nothing like this had ever been seen before. And once the truth sank in it was too difficult and painful to comprehend.

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

I was home sick that day, and was recording it. When I saw the explosion, I thought that it didn't look right, then a few seconds later realized what actually happened. The close-up just before the explosion didn't look right either. RIP to the crews of Challenger and Columbia. (Jan Griffiths)

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

Back up teacher says ...MUST BUY A LOTTO TICKET ON THE WAY HOME 🤣🤣😆😅😂🤣

[@rentslave]

She lost the right to go into space,but won the rest of her life.This reminds me of the musicians who lost coin flips to ride along on Buddy Holly's doomed flight.

[@pg396]

Yeah, because everything about the Attack on The Bill of Rights and the American Middle Class since 9/11/2001 makes perfect sense. And, you know, Building 7 etc. etc. etc.

[@GuiltyMiner0343]

McGannahan Skjellyfetti It really couldn't.

[@joshg4953]

She didn't lose the right to go into space. She eventually became a certified astronaut to go on just 1 mission as a mission support specialist before returning to being a teacher.. she wanted to finish the mission that the challenger was carrying out

[@geastom7815]

I was on duty as a Navy Corpsman providing medical coverage for the shuttle launches at Cape Canaveral on board a ambulance from the Naval Hospital Orlando Florida. Like so many others I will never forget this horrible day...

[@skyr8449]

G Eastom sad that NASA neglects basic safety measures just for PR :/

[@tomkenning5482]

@@skyr8449 Accidents happen. Accidents that involve deaths happen. It's no good pointing fingers and saying "well you should've done this or that", but learn for next time.

[@skyr8449]

@@tomkenning5482 They literally knew it was going to blow up, but they ignored the engineers, unlike the one of the tile falling off, they knew full well it was going to blow up but launched anyways.

[@MisterTwister88]

Lord Lima Bean Literally?

[@skyr8449]

@@MisterTwister88 yes. Look it up. I couldnt make it up if I tried lol

[@vmDroid]

I can still remember this clear as day. I was in 5th-grade when this happened. We had a boy that made a comment in our class just seconds before the tragedy and much to our surprise, he was right. May the crew of this tragedy forever rest in peace.

[@Debbie338]

It’s been more than thirty years and it still makes me cry.

[@charlesmeyers6133]

the worst part is a safety chain was created to prevent simular events but it faded and was largely ignored creating a climate of carelessness that precipitated the loss of another shuttle crew. these persons were never punished for their insubordination.

[@tomkenning5482]

That's because NASA along with airlines and such have a just culture- no blame is laid because if they did blame, nobody would say what went wrong and they wouldn't be able to learn for the future.

[@thaddeusmccaustland8023]

Such a tragedy. May they be remembered not just in our history books but in the hearts of every steely eyed missile man.

[@3642130]

It was disgusting enough on TV, it must've been absolutely horrible live, in person.

[@daves4645]

It was.

[@TheGreatslyfer]

@@RandomNameLastName811 You idiot not every American denies global warming, and just because they make a mistake such as pushing the shuttle to be launched earlier, doesn't mean they're the only ones capable of making such a mistake, other nations have made mistakes too. Always another asshole who tries to twist something in to their own narrative, in this case the narrative being "AMERICA BAD, GNAAAAAA", so fucking zombie like you are to default to that thought.

[@guyonagravitronmachinestan7595]

@@RandomNameLastName811 wtf does this comment have to do with anything about this ebtire video whatsoever

[@fallenphoenix148]

hes just a racist person trying to get every chance to hate america he can just ignore him hes a hypocrite @@guyonagravitronmachinestan7595

[@snakedike]

I worked at a company that made the booster separation motors. Judy Resnik toured our facility and was so down to earth and warm to all the employees she met. Can't tell what a gut punch it was to everyone when the Challenger went down. BSM was a minor project for us and most didn't work on it. Didn't matter. I was 20 at the time and I'll never forget how it seemed like the day got dark despite clear skies and bright sun.

[@djhudgins8412]

Milo X All these people are alive, most are using their same name and almost all are accounted for. Look it up and stop believing lies.

[@robfaget3187]

Oh well is what it is. Let the past be the past. These people were government sacrifice.

[@steedblackman1615]

This day still haunts my memory. I watched it live that morning after channel surfing. When I saw the solid rocket boosters separate wildly. I thought it was a movie or a pyrotechnics display nasa used as a show case for the launch. But sadly. I felt something terrible in my heart had just witnessed the death of those brave souls. It was confirmed when the announcer said the orbiter had exploded. RIP.......Heros.

[@curleyg77]

30 years ago from today. 😢 remember watching it in school.

[@ApriliaRacer14]

Gabriel Curley Same here...saw the Hegel thing from West Palm Beach, FL.

[@pauljohnson3340]

I was sitting in the student newspaper office of my high school when I heard about it on the radio. One of our science teachers was allegedly crying. Later on that day, a couple of hippie types thought it was a good thing, because it was a waste of money. I came *this close* to destroying both of them with my fists. What a bad day. :'(

[@amyntut]

Same here . I was doing photography at the time for our "school paper" and was ready to do post launch interviews and photos with our local news also.

[@TheGobblersGetback]

2nd grade for me. Didn't quite understand what had just happened, just saw teachers crying.

[@bxpress6507]

I was in drivers ed class when i heard it announced on school speakers..the lady was trying not to cry when announced it but could not help herself😔 god speed crew..travel the stars forever

[@joerobertson7047]

I was at home, sick with chicken pox, watching this.

[@josephschmoe4245]

+Joe Robertson I was heading to lunch in the hallway at school. 3rd Grade. Saw some teachers in the hall crying and hugging. Had no idea what happened until I got home off the bus because our class didn't watch it for some reason.

[@jakejones5736]

+gothatway09 I was at work. The only thing that was on my mind was "I can't WAIT to get home to see the explosion!"

[@janetgriffiths3960]

+Joe Robertson I was at home with the flu, and recorded it from CNN . I still have it, and Reagan's speech. Horrible day.

[@patrickcyr1477]

+Joe Robertson I was home with an ear infection, if I remember correctly.

[@TheHannible]

+Joe Robertson Did you get better?

[@jewels3596]

I remember my class...my whole entire school...watching this live. I was 10 years old and thought it was the most amazing thing that I'd ever see. We were so excited then I remember hearing shouts from other teachers down the hall telling everyone to turn the TVs off. We didn't know what happened til older kids in school told us later that day. RIP Challenger crew. 😭😭💜💜

[@nororganasolo4133]

i feel so horrible for her she got so excited saying goodbye to her friends as the rocket went into space such a pure and happy moment marred by tragedy

[@catboybobe]

I remember this. I was on a NAVY ship in Charleston; saw it on a broadcast replay after some of my shipmates yelled, "hey, the shuttle blew up!" I couldn't help but feel for Christa's parents standing there in sudden bewilderment.

[@rfd339]

I watched this in high school. They cut it off right after it happened. My heart goes out to any one that was effected by all the shuttle disasters. RIP brothers and sisters.

[@keno8spot]

barbara morgan very gutsy lady she later flew on a shuttle and completed christas flight

[@kotsbrown]

Wow, I didnt know that. Amazing.

[@GarienneBlochowiak]

Tragically sad! Teacher ''Barbara Morgan' (backup candidate for the Teacher in Space Project ) trained along side Christa McAuliffe for the space shuttle mission. The amazing thing, is 12 years after the Challenger disaster (in 1998) Barbara Morgan was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate, and began training at the Johnson Space Center to become a full-time astronaut/ mission specialist!

[@v-town1980]

I remember this like yesterday. I just turned twelve. We were all at home watching because it was a snow day. Couldn't believe it. Such a tragedy.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

I remember that snow day in jersey. I was in 3rd Grade. This was a tragedy but the 1980's was also America's peak. I miss those days.

[@stephenireland3816]

Terrifying to think some or all survived the explosion only to spend about 2min40sec falling to earth. They found 3 of the 7 had activated there emergency oxygen in there suits.The pod was seen intact on the way down but hitting the water at over 200mp no chance!Also the rocket boosters had little damage and parachutes worked just fine so the tough pod should have been ok too! It's said that it was more of a fire ball than intense explosion.

[@gavinmackie5185]

A very sad day indeed.

[@scarletkinkajou1]

She was also aboard a chase plane that was observing the Colombia re-entry when it broke up.

[@eddiea.2909]

She is a bad luck charm

[@baseball2789]

Who is looking this up because of the SpaceX launch

[@tomasduarte6633]

Meeeee

[@s0nikdreemz810]

You posted this on another video we get it

[@sornevoyt]

The Ultimate Human shut the fuck up

[@baseball2789]

S0NIKDREEMZ Wow ur a fan?

[@s0nikdreemz810]

The Ultimate Human no I’m not I looked at these vids and the comments and I see this all the time

[@GavinCMD]

I watch this before playing KSP for some reason

[@randybradberry6183]

TheDerpMasterGames expecting the unexpected. Well done

[@matthewmeek4289]

Imagine playing real life kerbal and watching your kermen die, what really sucked is they later found out the explosion did not kill the crew and they all drowned or died from blunt trama when the cabin landed in the ocean

[@BzBlade]

cabin should be waterproof/seal

[@matthewmeek4289]

The cabin was waterproof until the shuttle fell apart lol

[@rogueplanet13]

TheDerpMasterGames that’s fukd up 😂

[@williamsantiago7303]

I remember this day clearly like if it was yesterday. I was 16 years old in high school and we were watching it on TV in the classroom. They let us go home early that day because of that tragedy. God bless their souls. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT, NEVER.

[@melaniedeal3518]

Just wish NASA would have listened to Roger Boisjoly

[@IwshIcldstrtover]

So do I.

[@codysalis5190]

Me three, see the above comments I made about this .

[@IwshIcldstrtover]

Cody Salis Hear, hear!

[@trtomei2]

inturn they had to listen the greatest scientist of our era Dick Feynman

[@rippspeck]

First time I see him being called Dick, ha.

[@leilanirocks]

This was intensely sad at the time and this just brings it all back. 😢

[@cqbzi]

My dad went on this field trip when he was 6, and he seen it all

[@pierrotlavoie]

how old is your dad

[@floridianrailauto9032]

If he was 6 in 1986, he's probably 33 @@pierrotlavoie

[@cqbzi]

Pierrot Lavoie 38

[@jeremywade6986]

@@floridianrailauto9032 Someone was sleeping during math class...

[@floridianrailauto9032]

@@jeremywade6986 Look it up, 2019 - 1986 is 33.

[@matrix-path-of-neo]

Couldn't camera man follow the shuttle ?

[@mjanovec]

+matrixpathofneo The camera man's job was to record Barbara's reaction as her friend and fellow teacher went into space. There were plenty of other cameras trained on the shuttle that morning.

[@donwinslow6967]

+matrixpathofneo Truthfully, the cameraman was probably in a state of shock, as everyone was.

[@lightningfastrc]

+Don Winslow he means before it blew up. It didn't blow up until they had the throttle up call, which was a while after launch.

[@matthewmeek4289]

Nasa TV producer was like "Okay we lost the shuttle now get the reaction, its sweeps week and I NEED RATINGS DAMMIIT!!!!"

[@meisterl0]

I would turn up to the camera and be like happiest woman alive

[@charlessmith263]

I was 15 years old when the disaster unfolded. I felt pretty sad for that woman who had to watch a very terrible NASA event on that shuttle happen right before her eyes. She thought that the bright fireball at 70 seconds after liftoff was likely a second blast-off or large retro-fire and not an perceived explosion, until somebody told her to get off the perch and explain the very bad news to her.

[@rsauder]

2017 and I still cry at this. Remember exactly where I was and doing at the time in Highschool. God Bless their families and friends. Can't wait till we return to the next gen shuttle system.

[@skyr8449]

Randy Sauder I hope we don't, and instead do what spacex is doing, the space shuttle while awesome looking, in the end killed about 11 people due to its shoddy design, and that NASA disregards many safety protocols while not making much progress :/

[@noneyerbidness]

You should grow a pair

[@Donotevengotherewithme]

The guy saying, that's not right. 😢 1:36

[@patrickmccarron5059]

The crew was still alive throughout this entire video, even after it exploded.

[@JawlessEel]

I remember coming home from school in elementary to this on the news and my mom crying for them.

[@zeroelus]

It's probable based on the switches they found toggled, but we'll never really know for sure who was concious and for how long. A friend close to Commander Dick Scobee insists he knows Scobee tried to fly the shuttle until it crashed into the Atlantic.

[@kylemylo3776]

How were they alive when the whole thing exploded? lol

[@patrickmccarron5059]

The cockpit was still intact. The crew was not killed until the cockpit hit water.

[@PedroTRamos1]

Patrick McCarron they were unconcious when by the time they hit the water

[@Fizzbomb123]

I think public pressure contributed towards premature early lunch

[@rorrt]

Not only public pressure, pressures within NASA. THERE is an amazing book "Riding Rockets" by Mike Mullane. To paraphrase him "it was everybody's fault but the tea lady that this disaster happened". And he goes on to say NASA skipped and ignored warning signs. Or they had a level of acceptable risk that obviously was never acceptable. I think Chris Hadfield has said there is a 1 in 16 chance that when i get in a rocket that i will die. And those numbers were painstakingly mulled over. Also, that the level of risk wasn't properly analysed, or really understood. For to give an analogy. If i got in a car and said "well, the chances of my tires popping at over 80mph is a category B-4 danger.." no one really understands what that means. This better explains it: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35432071

[@Fizzbomb123]

+rorrt Well explained, thank you for your input...

[@N75911_]

To be fair, the shuttle had a 98.52% success rate.

[@Revelian1982]

I believe it's called "brunch".

[@tarion9829]

+N75911 and you got that from where?