The Disaster of Space Shuttle Columbia | The Falling Star

[@theflightchannel]

Different episode this Friday. I worked really hard on this one. Hope you'll like it. 😊

[@crypticfustic9783]

TheFlightChannel Thanks for your effort!

[@xdbx9250]

Holy moly

[@SM_Fato]

Plz do make a video on PK 661,,,, i always admire your content

[@srippopolandino6174]

Omg thank you, you read my comment about shuttle disaster THANK YOU!!

[@sinhaprabhat9938]

Really good and sad as well

[@imomediaimomedia6648]

I have become overly addicted to this channel. Anyone else ?

[@GiftsbyChosen]

Since 2016!!!

[@divyarani5128]

Yo!! Me too;-)

[@dbnmore]

I have been since April 2018

[@fernandoocampo6378]

Me too since the pandemic started.

[@patrykm7342]

1mln subscribes, youre not alone mate. Im scared of flying and this channel brings me some kind of adrenaline, i think addiction is good word.

[@sebastianpuka555]

What saddens me the most is the fact that 1 minute from the liftoff they were doomed

[@joaovianna7321]

That's what I don't get! Shouldn't it be a practice to do a 'walk around' (float around) before a reentry. Don't regular pilots do that all the time? The hole was there for 15 days!

[@RossNixon]

They didn't want the crew to know the danger that some suspected they were in.

[@andyaim4764]

Ross Nixon True!!

[@joaovianna7321]

@@RossNixon, wow,... that's creepy!

[@phil4826]

And the worst part is some people at NASA knew about the foam strike soon after it happened, informed management, but nothing was done about it. Really tragic head in the sand stuff. There should have been more serious punishment for those managers, especially given the same crappy culture doomed Challenger 17 years prior.

[@gkfujiwaraesquibel7998]

The crew really thought they could make it home. I saw their video of re-entry. It was haunting to look. Commander Rick Husband even said: "You definitely don't wanna be outside now." RIP to the 7 crew members

[@jzubov]

I heard and felt the explosion. I was working for the Nacogdoches TX police department on this tragic day. I helped with the ground recovery. It was sad to know every piece that was found once was part of a massive shuttle. RIP to all.

[@mikeyd946]

I was attending SFA at that time had morning class. I will never forget the noise and chaos after. So tragic.

[@ng1n369]

That was one DIFFERENT video Never thought I'd see a space shuttle.

[@730gabo4]

Same

[@thealmightygoose4717]

FSX steam edition confirmed

[@FlexBeanbag]

@@730gabo4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7GaoF8m82rbZY

[@MatthewTaylor3]

TheFlightChannel has officially gone out of this world.

[@universalvisionofshamanism]

BULLSHIT

[@Gekiko7167]

Space shuttle with soyuz rockets. FANTASTIC IDEA... but not really

[@ferdrewflores3014]

☺😊😄😄👍👍👍

[@ferdrewflores3014]

😀😃😄

[@jayjay60]

Sorry, you lost me at the irrelevant clip of the Apollo 9 spacewalk from 1969.

[@caileanthomson1286]

Everytime I see something talking about Columbia's STS-107, I just *beg* something different happens, and the Shuttle makes it home. RIP crew of STS-107.

[@dalethelander3781]

You're not the only one.

[@htos1av]

Me too.

[@PlanesAndGames732]

And about STS-51-L I guess {Challenger 1986 disaster}

[@andywalker9079]

💗

[@iangarner8857]

Me to very sad

[@DangItshere]

Just to remind you that columbia DIDN'T HAD A PAIR OF SOYUZ ROCKETS AS BOOSTERS!!

[@donjones4719]

Possibly the best clickbait thumbnail ever. Everyone in the space community clicked just to tell them their thumbnail is wrong. And Scott Manley just made a video about it - which is why I clicked here.

[@cityheron7106]

Don Jones lol me too

[@SpaceCadet2569]

Missed that first time round. Thought it looked a bit weird. Imagine how that shuttle would have flown. To the moon Alice

[@kreekmobbradio8905]

The ones with answers, please let us know, What happened to the Enterprise?

[@AlaskaFinal]

@@kreekmobbradio8905 It's been put on static display for years. It's currently at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.

[@annetteslife]

Can you do one on the Space shuttle Challenger that killed all 7 crew members in 1986?

[@erikhjortsater5461]

@Sir Schamilott xx it’s a space shuttle, just like Columbia (which is in this video)

[@annetteslife]

@@jimknowlton342 the Columbia was in 2003 and the Challenger disaster happened in 1986 on the coldest day of the year

[@annetteslife]

@@fesa_performance9617 the Columbia was not the first major aside from the Apollo accident and Soyuz the other one was the Challenger disaster which had a beloved teacher by the name of Christa McAuliffe going up in space. There are many documentaries on the Challenger disaster if you want to check them out

[@boobam3648]

please no. it’s been done already

[@randygreen8916]

It's been done so many times already that it should be etched in most people's minds, there has even been many documentaries on T.V. about it.

[@Erekose2023]

The Space Shuttle... A perfect example of what can happen to a good initial design concept, when it comes under the eye of multiple committees.

[@dutch3017]

It just tore me just to remember again those 7 crew personnel who lost their lives due to a repeated error that NASA did not learn in the past. How they must have felt the pain and suffering they endured at the time of re-entry. :'(

[@dannyr333]

@Jens Nobel so what ur saying is they were cooked so dam fast it was prolly a world record of how fast they were killed by merely heat. Let's just say if they fell into a volcano 🌋 that isn't even close to how fast of a death it is than coming in the atmosphere at 18 times Mach trying to get thru the atmosphere. Amen. I kind was being playful not making fun of u. I'm just glad they died real fast. Cuz these plane crashes must be so terrifying some of these nose dives from 30k it's like 3 whole mins of just falling to ur death it'll be scary scary scary. Anyway we all gonna die one day. Just know and accept that and just accept the Truth of whose you belong to the Lord God Jesus!

[@manillametro9952]

This is really cool! Didnt expect to see a space shuttle video today

[@princessbuttercup8954]

Was waiting with my dad, brother and sister to see it fly over and we got a call from my uncle that lives in Lubbock, Texas telling us it had just passed over and said it looked wrong, like it was losing parts. About 15 seconds later it exploded. I cry for the crew everytime I watch anything about it. And for their families waiting on them to get home only to perish 15 minutes before touchdown is just so heartbreaking.

[@ChrisRPdrummer]

Holy shit, here I am, reading on wikipedia about the Challenger disaster, and goes to youtube to search for video documentation. This is the first thing I see in my recommendations, and posted just 20 minutes ago! What perfect timing :D Thank you so much for all the awesome work you put into these videos:)

[@gilbert3672]

but this is the Colombia

[@michaelreedx6823]

@@gilbert3672 I was adding this to what christoffer was talking about.. the challenger wiki.

[@Danbearpig]

Oof. You chose poorly. Dies the Challenger wiki also have all the details about Columbia, including that it was a Russian shuttle with Soyuz rockets for boosters and that the interior looked exactly like an Apollo capsule? 'Cause that's what this video shows... mega oof.

[@BabyMakR]

Why does the thumbnail have a picture of the Russian Buran with a pair of Soyuz rockets as boosters?

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Because it's the Soyuz Shuttle. The only thing better than a Korolev's cross is a double Korolev's cross that also destroys the vehicle in a magnificent fireworks show.

[@astr0jack929]

It’s acctually what it looked like they just said good enough and this happened

[@KnedlikMCPE]

1. It’s not buran 2. Those are SRBs, soyuz is a rocket

[@BabyMakR]

@@KnedlikMCPE look closer. Or better yet, go check out Scott Manley's video on it.

[@KnedlikMCPE]

Idk if ur talking about those boosters or the shuttle. So 1. Just google soyuz rocket and click images. You will see there is no way to strap those on the shuttle 2. It has those 3 SSMEs (Space Shuttle Main Engines), which Buran didn’t have and it even has those firing. Buran didn’t have anything firing. It also didn’t have that giant orange External Tank (ET). Buran was strapped on Енергия (Energija) rocket with four engines (ET has none) and four strap-on liquid fuel booster each with four engines, those on the shuttle were solid-fuel 4-segment SRBs and there were 2 of them, not 4.

[@alt8791]

Didn’t click to watch the video, just clicked to ask someone to please explain why the shuttle has soyuzes (soyuzi?) as boosters in the thumbnail.

[@seansargeant7966]

Yeah, there's also two Saturn V separation events in there, as well a clip from Apollo 9.

[@TheBenenene10]

Scott Manley just made a video about just that

[@alt8791]

Ben U about a Soyuz-boosted space shuttle? I don’t think so.

[@alt8791]

Ben U o sorry just watched said video and was like, wait! I saw that first!

[@gwag8410]

Al T to get you to watch and comment

[@cellgrrl]

I had just moved to Orlando from Dallas a few weeks earlier. I was watching the news the day it took off and learned I had 10 minutes to find a way to watch it from 30 miles away. I was so new there I wasn't really sure which direction to look. Luckily, I had the right bearings and saw what looked like a tiny star rise in the east in daylight. I had never seen anything as bright. It looked like a tiny sun atop a beautiful spiral cloud. I was unhappy in Florida except for the launches and just wanted to go back to Dallas, only to learn that parts of the shuttle, a thing of joy to me, rained down all over the Dallas area, and very near my home. RIP crew.

[@grommy1234]

This is a well produced eulogy for the valiant souls in Columbia. It was a sad day in the world, captured perfectly by TFC. Thanks!

[@michaelbienicewicz2993]

@Trent Malone Oh yea.

[@nickoswald9297]

It isn't even close to well produced.

[@Danbearpig]

Hahaha, "well produced"... it's some cleverly done editing for sure and good info in text on-screen... but the thumbnail shows a Russian Buran shuttle with Soyuz rockets (missing their core engine but with payload fairings in place for some reason!) for boosters, there are some brief clips of Saturn V separation events in key places as well as a close-up shot of an Apollo instrument panel when the video is talking about the gauges on the shuttle... this video is a hilarious mess!

[@Spacevoyager-yi3gg]

its a horrible mess of a lazy cash grab of a video which is incredibly disrespectful to the lives lost on columbia

[@grommy1234]

@@Spacevoyager-yi3gg Whoa! Somebody got up on the wrong side of the troll patch today. Hope you get better.

[@user-yd3jc4re7s]

We all remember Ailan Ramon. All what left from him is his diary. He was the first to take Tanach book space. He took a Tanach book that survived World War 2. R.I.P Ailan Ramon. אילן רמון ז"ל

[@nancyyarbrough1445]

I was watching Columbia's re-entry on the weather channel, when suddenly we saw streamers of the shuttle, assuming it was breaking apart and then NASA reporting to the weather channel they lost all contact. It felt like your stomach was falling out of your body, to witness the breakup of this beautiful craft, the streamers lasting about a minute. Living in Florida, we always went outside to experience the sonic boom, as it headed back towards the Cape, only to know we would not hear one this day. RIP Crew of Columbia.

[@adwaidskumar848]

Kalpana Chawla,The woman who made the Whole India Proud! Hats off to you! Rest in Peace , You guys are there in our prayers! Jai Hind🇮🇳

[@debisaha7575]

Miss u Kalpana Chawla Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@Ctaffdvcdhjifdtcxfnm]

Yes

[@Think_Inc]

Wish everybody on that mission had survived. Thinking about Kalpana makes me cry.

[@deoryisnoob]

🇮🇳❤️

[@apusingh1967]

well sorry to disappoint you. she didn't give a crap. when asked about how proud she felt as an Indian, she merely said that she is citizen of the world.

[@jako1570]

The crew looks like 20 years younger.. seems like its really important 2 be fit af to be an astronaut

[@hshs5756]

I was on a road trip when this happened, and that morning at the time of accident was passing through landscape which reminded me again of these lines from the poem "A Spaceman's Prayer" and recited them out loud as I drove: I pray for one last landing on the globe that gave me birth To rest my eyes on fleecy skies and the cool green hills of Earth That afternoon I noticed the flag was at half-staff in a national park and asked why. Only then did I learn what had happened.

[@mred8002]

Wasn’t that from Heinlein? Or just used in one of his titles?

[@lizlovsdagmara5525]

The day this happened, I was saddling my Thoroughbred for a riding lesson. My riding instructor's friend, a gaucho from Argentina, came into the barn saying over and over in an accent "The sheep! The sheep blew up!" It took a minute or two for it to register what he was saying.

[@spektr4625]

Bruh the thumbnail looks like something from Kerbal space program. PSA the space shuttle did not have soyuz rockets as boosters.

[@clifforddang5947]

The zoom feature on that camera was amazing to follow the shuttle that long and that far away !

[@karenhoward6712]

Very interesting video, TFC! Did you know that ground control knew there was a very STRONG possibility the shuttle would not survive reentry due to the hole in the wing from the foam, and they purposefully did not tell the crew this information for humane reasons? Can you imagine being on board knowing you probably would not make it home??!! Houston, you did the right thing!!!

[@2snowgirl520]

There is a video on KZbin of the ground control during the reentry and it is very moving and sad, as they realize the shuttle disintegrated. I cry every time I watch it, especially when they are trying to raise it, then the realization that it is gone. 😔

[@phil4826]

NASA should have immediately thrown together a rescue mission with another shuttle, procedures and schedules be damned. The Columbia crew could have stretched their consumables out to 4 weeks, that would have allowed enough time. To sit and never have tried was the worst damnation of the whole sorry management. Where there is a will, there is a way.

[@JayVal90]

I'd have wanted to know

[@vintage3103]

Phil yeah but setting up a whole shuttle lunch will take a while

[@susanjenkins6893]

Karen Howard - this isn’t exactly true. They did tell the crew about the foam strike, but told them they were only being told about it “in case the press asked them about it”. There was a request to have the orbiter photographed by NASA engineers but the higher up managers at NASA said no, they didn’t think it was necessary. But the flight director, Leroy Cain, has stated he was concerned once they started getting abnormal sensor readings- he knew about the foam strike.

[@dkrz8050]

Imagine dying by having your face peeled of by hot air as you plummet to the ground, just the thought that someone had to endure this is scarier than any horror movie .

[@isabellind1292]

D man IKR?! It's human nature for us to want to know if the astronauts suffered. At least one crew member pushed buttons for half a minute after the first loud alarm sounded as he futilely tried to right Columbia. They either died from lack of oxygen or from hitting something as the spacecraft spun violently out of control and at least some bodies were recovered and I hope they all were, such accomplished men and women, may they rest in peace.🌹❤🚀

[@continentalgin]

From what I can gather from the timestamps. they knew they had an extremely dire emergency for about 20 seconds before breakup. That 20 second time span would have been psychological horror, but I think actual fatal action would have been relatively quick. A NASA doctor has said that sudden cabin decompression at that altitude and speed killed them. They were probably already unconscious because since the helmets were somewhat roomy inside and not form fitting, their heads thrashed side to side violently inside the sides of their helmets, causing skull fractures. That probably knocked them out similar to a solid right cross to the temple in a boxing match. Out cold, probably instantly, as you can imagine a boxer collapsing to the mat, unconscious.

[@lukej452]

@@isabellind1292 I remember reading somewhere that apparently someone found a human heart in their garden. Well that's a nice thing to find on your patio on a Saturday morning.

[@isobel64]

@@lukej452 lies.

[@alexscott730]

@@lukej452 That's 1000% bullshit.The was nothing found bigger than a finger in the human remains.

[@MrJacobrezac]

Man I remember when this happened, I was 13 and I was outside with my mom and my dad came running out and just yelled, “We lost a shuttle” and I didn’t understand what he meant until I ran inside with them and saw it in the TV.

[@planetastic8522]

I was confused when he put up the Saturn v staging when the SRB’s detached.

[@stlmopoet]

Yes. And he briefly added spacewalk sequence from Gemini. This is one of the weaker videos in this series.

[@abc-wv4in]

Something else about Columbia: Those of us like my husband and me who were watching on tv were aware the Shuttle had disintegrated before Flight Control was sure it had. We saw the news coverage showing the parts, but they didn't have that video. I saw both SS disasters live on tv, and I rarely watched launches and landings. Very sad.

[@fordtruckman80]

I remember the day very well. I was around ten years old, and was walking into the front entrance of a local theme park (now state park) when park management came over the intercom to inform park guests that their had been a national tragedy and that we had lost Space Shuttle Columbia.

[@shashwatsaini9756]

Another reminder that we mustn't forget our fellow people in the quest for knowledge

[@jonathanhansen3709]

I and two other members of the Riverside Astronomical Society watched the Columbia reentry that morning from our observing site in Landers California. We had a monthly ‘Star Party’ that weekend and I was aware of the reentry schedule that morning. We were all watching with binoculars, and we all noted what appeared to be flashes in the contrail, like stuff was coming off it. We lost sight of it as it passed to the East behind a local elevation called Goat Mountain. About an hour later,after sun up, a neighbor lady came running over to the house on the property saying the Space Shuttle had “blown up”. I figured from the time I was noting, it disintegrated about a minute and a half after we lost sight of it.

[@samiksha537]

Kalpana Chawla is still hailed as a hero here in India, even after so many years. She's mentioned in almost all science books, there are pictures of her hung up in science labs, she's remembered during women's day/ other such important national events, SO MANY educational institutions are named after her. The MetSat series of satellites were renamed after her as well. We will never forget her sacrifice, she continues to be a national hero.

[@TejanShrivastava]

*Miss You KALPANA CHAWLA.* Jai Hind. #India 🇮🇳

[@TejanShrivastava]

@Lou Minatti - Kalpana's not the first Indian in space. Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to go to space in the 80s.

[@salty_kr]

Hey I'm Indian too

[@humanhuman9228]

@Lou Minatti ya actually ..rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to achieve that

[@SM_Fato]

Condolences from Pakistan. I appreciate Indias Space Missions that have become eyeopening scenario for Pakistan.

[@1717mallik]

And all other who lost their life's with hers ..

[@brianneratka2953]

The Flight Channel has gained ALTITUDE

[@spaceace1006]

I remember this so well. I immediately called my Parents! "Is your TV on? We've lost another Space Shuttle!" 5 seconds of silence, then my Dad said, "Are you serious?" He switched on the TV just in time to see the multiple contrails as the Shuttle broke apart.

[@ladydragonfly5172]

Great job as usual! I remember The Challenger and The Columbia. Those poor souls. I have tears in my eyes thinking about it. The loss to the families and the space program! God bless them all!

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

Is no one going to talk about how the thumbnail is a space shuttle with no main engines and entire freaking Soyuz rockets as boosters??

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Everyone is, though

[@YAVAITAN]

everyone is talking about it bruh

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 Yeah I scrolled down farther and realized that. Sorry, should have done that before commenting.

[@xaven199]

What’s bruh?

[@alt8791]

@Gary Anderson but glaring inaccuracies are pretty disrespectful to those who lost their lives.

[@jack_leinen]

Thumbnail has the Shuttle with Soyuz rockets as SRBs 0:22 That’s the Saturn V launch 2:05 That’s the Saturn V first stage separation 2:22 That’s still the Saturn V... 5:15 That’s... I think Gemini

[@WhiteJarrah]

The last one is from Apollo 9, the astronaut is David Scott. Laurel Clark didn't even walk in space.

[@alt8791]

Shadow 989 yeah we do. Get used to it.

[@Wayner71]

The final onboard video footage from the Columbia is haunting. It cuts out only minutes before disaster struck. The Space Shuttle should have had some kind of remediation for tile loss. People should never have been sent into space in such a death trap.

[@tahzibizimungu7677]

I didn't expect to see video of the Saturn V...

[@BlueBug]

Amazing video, as always. Your hard work really shines. The information and presentation is so clear♥️ Keep it up!

[@jeremieragois5514]

Thanks TFC for taking us in space! Amazing as usual! 🛰️🌍

[@itsjustchloe9635]

This thumbnail is fricking cursed

[@chensich7519]

Why

[@pyradox1234]

@@chensich7519 checkout the boosters on the external fuel tank

[@moiraatkinson]

Surprised to find this on TFC, but it’s good to see the channel cover the space shuttle disasters in addition to the normal plane accidents. Seeing the pictures of the ill-fated crew again is heartbreaking. Why do these things happen to such talented people, with young families and useful lives, the people who have so much to contribute to the world? 😢

[@Casperago]

Every time I watched this unfortunate disaster it always break my heart

[@BoulevardFan28]

I'll always remember watching this on TV, and the same hopelessness that I felt on 9/11 kind of found its way in again. RIP to the 7 astronauts who never made it home.

[@Steaphany]

Why do you edit the footage to include footage from a Saturn V launch ? * Saturn V Umbilical disconnect at 0:38 * Saturn V Stage separation at 2:03 and again at 11:21 * Non-Shuttle EVA at 5:07 * Russian Docking to ISS Status at 5:59, didn't happen on this Shuttle flight and the Shuttle does not use a Russian display

[@adimifus]

Also, on the thumbnail image, the shuttle stack has Soyuz rockets instead of SRBs ?? EDIT: Also also, the orbiter is the Buran!

[@Danbearpig]

Not to mention when the video talks about instrument readings showing first indications of a problem... it's an Apollo instrument panel close-up!

[@hwinangkoso]

Also the shuttle has strobe lights? 6:05

[@Adoublelan13]

Read the comments just to find this one. I knew someone else out there noticed this besides me.

[@m998hmmwv7]

It goes well with all the other fabricated lies

[@forrestgumpv9049]

So much to say about the crew, unbelievable talent and dedication. Such a loss, it's hard to believe they are gone.

[@charleswest6372]

Due to a design flaw.

[@forrestgumpv9049]

@@charleswest6372 Actually that is exactly correct. However Martin Marietta proposed to fix it at their own expense back in the 80's and NASA declined citing schedule delays. The Bi-pod shedding occurred on the first launch.

[@marlonisaac1]

This is so awesome! I am a space shuttle nerd so I asked a while back for you to do a video on the Challenger disaster so I'm so happy you did a shuttle video!

[@yourlocalsewage1433]

I seriously read that you are a space shuttle.

[@edcooper2396]

I guess you spotted then dozen or so inaccuracies too then!

[@marlonisaac1]

@@edcooper2396 Yes but it was neat seeing him do a shuttle video!

[@alt8791]

@@marlonisaac1 but that thumbnail tho

[@marlonisaac1]

@@alt8791 Lol I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. I can't believe I missed that.

[@abdullahkhan19_]

Probably the best aviation channel 💥

[@htos1av]

I SECOND the motion!!! ALL who say AYE raise your hand!

[@GiftsbyChosen]

@@htos1av ✋✋✋✋✋✋✋

[@unpretty6560]

Probably? *DEFINETLY*

[@alt8791]

@@unpretty6560 Given that the thumbnail has Soyuz rockets as the side boosters, and there are multiple Saturn V shots throughout the video (which should only be about the space shuttle), I would have to disagree.

[@scripted.-666]

@@alt8791 Why are you guys going so harsh on him? That was his first (and after so much hate most likely last) video about anything space related, of course he will make mistakes then, and if you dont really know a lot about that space stuff, you can mix something up or overlook something very easily. If you see a mistake, why couldnt you just say "Hey there is a mistake in the thumbnail and you accidentaly put clips of the Saturn V in the video in *timestamp*" and give constructive criticism, instead of harassing him and saying "Are you stupid this is the worst video ever, the thumbnail is obviously wrong and you put videos of the Saturn V in the video, how can you not see that idiot?!"

[@varunkailash6389]

Thanks for this one❤🇮🇳 *WE MISS YOU KALPANA*

[@thebeasters]

Diversity is makes us great. . RIP 7 Heroes

[@robinj.9329]

This "accident" should never have happened. The Engineers tried desperately for the Director in charge (a brainless Political appointee!) to take steps to view and access the damage to that wing! Their deep, serious concerns WERE IGNORED! All these deaths fall directly at the feet of that idiot in charge. He was not even a pilot!

[@RossNixon]

A rescue mission would have been a massive scramble. Not sure that it could have been done easily. I can't recall details; may have needed Soviet help. Ah, here are the details. My memory was too hazy. Very interesting: arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/the-audacious-rescue-plan-that-might-have-saved-space-shuttle-columbia/

[@mickeybowmeister1944]

@@RossNixon what do you mean Soviet help? This was 2003 not 1986.

[@Nick-wn1xw]

And absolutely NOTHING could have been done once they were in orbit. Nothing. Would be nice if you armchair experts could ever figure that out.

[@djs2006]

The flight director was a woman and she refused to accept the offer of the CIA to use their satellite to look at the wing. She had already written them off. Additionally, they did not have a space suit on board to go out and look at the damage. There was no EVA that trip. NASA knew for years about the foam problem but did solve it. I would have kept them in space and I would have had a rescue ship ready before every launch.

[@davidodonovan4982]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/opfKe3SKoLedndU

[@incidentalist]

Was a teenager at the time, I was in Austin, Tx and had been partying all night. Woke up to a loud BOOOOOOM and the windows shook in the apartment. No idea what it was. Get home about 4 hours north in East Texas and parts of the shuttle were in all surrounding areas. Crazy as hell. RIP to all who perished.

[@SomeOneOneOne]

Well done! Love the fact that you didnt show the actual break up.. very respectful. Keep up the great work!

[@alt8791]

What's...less than respectful is the horrific amalgamation of madness that is the thumbnail.

[@KristenDETW]

@@alt8791 Did you get off making the same comment 100 times? Jesus do you seriously have nothing better to do?

[@alt8791]

@@KristenDETW no, I really don't have anything better to do. Welcome to 2020.

[@prathameshacharya9739]

Sacrifices made by extraordinary people for the mankind. Rest in peace.

[@johnmahoney3566]

They knew what they signed up for. Did it to better mankind AND personal glory and yes...., pure adventurism

[@thebonecrusherofrugby3983]

Sacrifices that didn't need to go down in history as one of the most devastating disasters in history what angers me is the so called high tech nasa all of these millions spent on these ventures to blow up in minutes and take lives that's just not a good look for nasa we live we learn from our mistakes at the cost of lives farout next mission you control people are up next first class seats

[@silvercoinedge8228]

The space shuttle program seriously contributed to mankind's scientific knowledge, but, sadly, was a seriously risky business for the astronauts. Basically every mission ever flown was a potential flying coffin. The spacecraft could easily blow up on the launch pad, or during launch (1986). Or burn up on reentry, or simply crash when it came to land. It was a dangerous death trap, but the crew knew this. May they RIP.

[@faizala6628]

It's different from what we used to see but it's amazing ❤ nice job like always.

[@RemoteViewr1]

Such clearly reported detail is high def. It conveys appreciably greater contextual data points than MSM will ever dispassionately report. PBS Frontline quality. Another great vid. I think they ought to have let engineers sit down and blank sheet redesign the Shuttle. It ought still be flying.

[@towmlvb3423]

For personal reasons it took me a long time to want to watch this. I am glad I just managed to. It is one of the most impressive examples of reporting I have seen in my 72 years, whatever subject, whatever media, and, incredibly, whatever size production team and budget. Calling TFC-man a genius is a derogatory understatement. I cannot imagine how he does such perfect work.

[@Jed_the_Malamute]

Ah yes. The soyuz shuttle. Truly a magnificent collaboration between Muricans and Ruskies.

[@alt8791]

The Buran Soyuz, actually

[@arpitasarkar8593]

The music exactly matched with the video and it gave me goosebumps

[@janicesullivan8942]

Such a sad day for our country and for the families of those lost.

[@4wheelerDJ]

I remember this Saturday morning tragedy clear as a bell; I live in Houston and recall the growing somber tone of local news stations showing the streaking debris in the cloudless sky. After 10 or 15 minutes, video of smoldering shuttle pieces on the ground started being shown. So sad.

[@RipRoaringGarage]

This is when I finally knew I would never be an astronaut on the Rockwell Space Shuttle.

[@heathjones7002]

Quite possibly your finest work! RIP to the brave souls that risked everything for mankind's search for something bigger than ourselves.

[@alt8791]

except the demon thumbnail

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Just go to Africa and look at an elephant.

[@cameronmcfarlane360]

Maybe also give nationwide airlines flight CE723 a look, engine separation during takeoff due to maintenance issues

[@robertstalnaker5728]

The recorders indicated the orbiter was rotating at a Hugh rate of speed before its destruction and that it was possible yet undetermined that some of the astronauts may have died from blunt force impact. Horrifying

[@carolynmartin8182]

YES I AM ADDICTED TO THIS CHANNEL. CANT GET ENOUGH. It's a shame there are enough air crashes to keep me reading this much.

[@SMB8027G]

Wow cant believe space shuttles are now a thing for this channel Edit: thx for the likess

[@itisamystery.5090]

"Oh my God! MOM! Mom, quick, come look at all the likes I got on my KZbin comment! This is both the pinnacle of ny existence and totally not worthless!!"

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Does it not concern flight?

[@KatjaNX]

Okay wow. AMAZING work! I can't even imagine how many hours and how much effort you put into this. Thank you

[@Asantepaul80]

I'm from Ghana 🇬🇭 and very much addicted to this channel. Keep up the good work.

[@firefly4f4]

What is up with that thumbnail? Surely there are enough actual photos from shuttle launches that you could have picked a real one, even if it wasn't Columbia? Please fix that!

[@bugjuggernaut7510]

Jesus, they should’ve just searched a stock photo of the space shuttle.

[@andrewgilmore8663]

@@bugjuggernaut7510 This channel doesn't care about good quality content, just do a 10 minute video to get money, not caring about real footage, instead of using completely different missions and using Saturn V footage. Not even checking for accuracy

[@alt8791]

@@andrewgilmore8663 No it's not. No stock photo in existence would have a Buran orbiter strapped to an American ET with Soyuz rockets as side boosters. It's a horrifying mess.

[@LH27107]

who knew a 15-25 cm hole would create so much more damage

[@jeannie612]

YTGamerLH Turns out it was most likely a lot bigger than that. Way bigger.

[@LH27107]

Jeannie Wood woahhh that must have been painful, ripp

[@jchrisj200]

It could have been as much as 16", but it didn't need to be a huge hole. The hole was in the carbon-carbon leading edge of the wing, one of the hottest parts of the orbiter during reentry. The high-temperature air entering the hole melted a piece of thin stainless steel behind the leading edge and then got into the aluminum wing structure. The sensor and hydraulic problems were just symptoms of the damage occurring inside the wing, which eventually came off. The grew compartment was damaged enough to decompress before the entire vehicle broke up. The parts were distributed over a long distance, with the main engines traveling the farthest. The Columbia crew survival report identified 5 "lethal events" that occurred. Four of the five could have been mitigated with changes in the design of the suits, seats, restraints, and crew parachute system but the breakup of the vehicle was unavoidably lethal. I suspect that at first many people didn't believe that foam was a danger to the carbon-carbon leading edges but later work showed that it was a big piece moving at a relative speed of something like 500 mph.

[@LH27107]

@@jchrisj200 oh, understood.

[@cojanrobert17]

Wow first space shuttle crash great video

[@lt.squinky552]

*second

[@PlanesAndGames732]

*Second out of 2

[@ecclestonsangel]

Incredibly well done! Never expected to see one on the space shuttles. Thank you. I remember all too well when this happened. I came upstairs to be told by my mom. First words out of my mouth were, "oh, my God, not again," and then I started crying. The Columbia was my favorite. I was only 14 years old when it launched for the very first time. They let us gather in the school library to watch the launch, and we weren't reprimanded for cutting class. It was the most exciting thing I'd ever seen. The crash broke my heart.

[@arunkumar-mb3tp]

Indians cried that day. RIP kalpana chawla and all the other crew members. You died for humanity. Prayers with the family. 😢😢😢😢

[@htos1av]

She has joined a very short list of the world's greatest explorers!

[@rosieposie6671]

Excellent video. Such a devastating outcome for this awesome machine and it's extraordinarily talented crew. I have a poster from Columbia's maiden flight which brings back many happy memories as well as this heartbreaking story.

[@wikkidfury]

Thank u for sharing ur knowledge with us...nicely done, as always!👏 R.I.P CREW OF THE COLUMBIA STS-107...💔🙏🇺🇸

[@Think_Inc]

🇮🇳 Kalpana Chawla.

[@parentsbasement7734]

I was recovering from back surgery and was watching this reentry all loaded up on my pain meds and all over the sudden It started looking like shooting stars all around where the ship was and my little girl said ooohh that's pretty I didn't know that happened, she was like 6 and I said oh baby it shouldn't look like this I think something is not right. She stood up and said I'm gonna say a little prayer for them daddy cause I bet their scared. I said sure you do that for them and their family's. I though that was so sweet. We them watched the coverage and I tried my best to explain what was going on. I was in 3rd grade when challenger accident happened and remember watching it in class live also and my teacher explaining to a bunch of confused kids what was going on. So crazy that a simple piece of foam could bring down a space ship.

[@cherylb2008]

Beautiful work. That is a ginormous flying computer. Just incredible

[@uncreativename826]

My dad actually knew Laurel Clark when he was a patient of hers in the navy

[@paytonpryor]

I remember when this happened. I went to a Nasa Explorer school as a kid and we watched this happen in real time. It was so tragic. I remember our teacher putting up a photo of the crew on the wall. I looked at that picture and remembered this disaster almost everyday.

[@mpe7237]

I also member Of Quality Assurance working there as a Quality Inspector that actually worked on the " ICE Inspection Team." I saw it explode real time as it happened. in class at the Kennedy Space Center at the time. We took class break to watch the shuttle take off into space. It was shocking to me and to all my class team mates when they saw it too. Some of them denied that it was exploding, none of them could believe it. But I did as I had been an inspector and had addressed the Ice forming situation of the shuttle at the shuttle segments at that time and other times when there was ice forming at the seal areas. The Engineering staff had been informed and had also reported it to their Director at the Company about this Ice forming incident ahead of time before it had taken off. The director ignored the report and gave word to launch. So sad.

[@patriciamariemitchel]

You out did yourself, Flight Channel. I didn't think anything could be added to or taken away from what happened to this space shuttle upon re-entry, but even though I watched the news broadcasts about it then, I feel more like I know the astronauts and what happened now. I didn't think you could add anything to this incident, but the music alone made it worth watching all the way through and made me feel more like I was there. God rest their souls.

[@debapratimchowdhury6991]

TheFlightchannel please make a video on space shuttle Challenger disaster. Lots of Love from India for your brilliant videos.

[@Danbearpig]

Hahaha, maybe he'll put Indian rockets in the thumbnail for the boosters! "Brilliant" is... well, it's a word, that's for sure.

[@alt8791]

LMAO maybe the thumbnail for that will have footage of Dragon controls with Delta III's strapped to the ET

[@almarma]

It's a sad video, but an amazing video as you always do. I notice always how you sync the music and some changes on the video (1:57) which adds more emotions to it and I really like it (the few videos I've done in my life, I've done the same thing)

[@xavierchen882]

Wow, I thought you only did planes! Very impressive! I hope yall get more subscribers!

[@martindithers9570]

It's is an airplane in a way, it can fly through the atmosphere just like a normal airplane can.

[@ThatAviationGamer]

@@martindithers9570 technically, yes. just a hi-speed and high altitude V-TOL plane

[@martindithers9570]

@@ThatAviationGamer And it can land on a runway just like a plane, which is pretty cool.

[@AnahataMaryjane]

i remember being on a survivalist forum back when the shuttle was supposed to land and someone made a thread "did you see the Columbia? it looks so weird, like it's streaking across the sky in parts" something like that anyways, holy crap they saw it breaking up on entry!!

[@theflyingbrick387]

The footage at 2:04 and at 2:20 is not from a space shuttle launch. That is the first stage separation of the Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo moon missions.

[@greensphinx]

Condolences to the families and classrooms involved. EDIT: Thanks for 1 like! Wait, why is it blue?

[@vitra4361]

Alright take my one like

[@tj4234]

You really need to do the 2002 Ūberlingen collision. That crash was horrifying and resulted in the murder of the ATC controller involved.

[@mannyb3679]

I was 9 years old in fifth standard and I remember my grandad telling me that Space Shuttle Columbia burst into flames right after entering the earth's atmosphere. I was too young to comprehend the catastrophe. I only remember being told that Kalpana Chawla an Indian origin astronaut was on that shuttle and she didn't make it. I cried that night thinking how the first Indian origin woman to space couldn't return to her family alive. I also felt proud in that she died a hero doing her duty towards her nation. This video was in my recommendation and I'd forgotten all of that but two minutes into the video and I knew what incident this was.

[@margaretmathis4775]

I live in NW Louisiana. We witnessed the breakup that morning, but at the time, didn’t know what we were seeing. I recall thinking how pretty it was - like sparklers on The Fourth of July - but at the same time, I knew it wasn’t anything normal. We were on our way to our Cub Scout’s Pinewood Derby that morning, so I forgot about it until a few hours later when my husband said that, “The Columbia was scheduled to return this morning.....” The following year, my “parent-entry” Pinewood Derby car was dedicated to “The Columbia 7.” R.I.P. to those brave astronauts!

[@wyomingadventures]

Excellent video! Love it! Great job TFC!!!❤🌟🚀

[@jalenduncan25]

WTF IS THAT TUMBNAIL THOUGH!?!?!

[@alt8791]

cursed

[@kingrob9993]

I was in the middle of a soccer tournament in Frisco, Tx when literally everyone on the field started to look at the sky the whole game literally stopped as we watched what we thought were broken off pieces of asteroids decend to earth. The next day I learned it was actually a space shuttle and that 7 people died , very sad..

[@princesspiplaysbass]

I remember this day. They announced it over the PA at work and we all went home to watch it over and over again on TV. Sad sad day.