Search:

Amazing Animal Videos Cat videos Pet Videos Dog Videos Cat Snake Monkeys Cow Lioan Tiger

Challenger Disaster Live on CNN

Photoshop Training Videos
Photoshop Training Videos Photoshop Training Videos
Photoshop Training Videos

January 28th, 1986 at 11:39am EDT - The Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes on its 10th flight during mission STS-51-L. The explosion occurred 73 seconds after liftoff and was actually the result of rapid deceleration and not combustion of fuel. CNN was the only national news station to broadcast the mission live, so thus what you are witnessing on this video is the only coverage of the disaster as it happened when it did. Approximately 17% of Americans witnessed the launch live, while 85% of Americans heard of the news within 1 hour of the event. According to a study, only 2 other times in history up to that point had news of an event disseminated so fast - the first being the announcement of JFK's assassination in 1963, the second being news spread among students at Kent State regarding the news of FDR's death in 1945. It has been estimated at the time that nearly 48% of 9-13 year olds witnessed the event in their classrooms, as McAuliffe was in the spotlight. The 25th Space Shuttle mission altered the history of manned space exploration and represented the first loss of an American crew during a space mission (Apollo 1 was during a training exercise). Christa McAuliffe was slated to be the first teacher in space for the Teacher in Space Program. As her maximum altitude was ~65,000ft (12.31 miles), she never made it to space. That title was given to Barbara Morgan of STS-118 aboard the shuttle Endeavour in August 2007, 22 and a half years after the Challenger Disaster. Morgan served as McAuliffe's backup during STS-51-L. As Morgan is now part of the Educator in Space Program, she will be credited as the first "educator" in space, to distinguish her from McAuliffe. Aboard Challenger during STS-51-L: Francis "Dick" Scobee (Commander)Michael Smith (Pilot)Judith Resnik (Mission Specialist)Ellison Onizuka (Mission Specialist)Ronald McNair (Mission Specialist)Gregory Jarvis (Payload Specialist)Sharon Christa McAuliffe (Payload Specialist - Teacher in Space)

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: Deltaforce5000tm

Length: 02:23
Rating: 4.81
Views: 485518

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

Video Url:


Embed Code:

Video Comments

ruppel1968 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Yeah...billions of parts...and any lil' part from the cheapest company...what a wonder...
fightcrib (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Good job, doox. Now that is an example of a perfect youtube comment. classic. well done.
fightcrib (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
actually they diagnosed that either there was power converter failure or a bad motivator.
mohanicus (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
i wonder how they found any bodies.
SexadecimalCat (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Очень жаль :(
Raptor9287 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
"oviously a major malfunction"well no shit sherlockRIP Challenger crew 1986
yo5879 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
wats insane is, is like 4 of the 7 people on board survived the explosion, but died in the fall
rackas321 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Man when I saw Endeavour leave in person last month,I was so afraid this would happen.
rad4life1 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
damn! I remember that!
phrydoom (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
It was the 80s, it was a crazy time...stuff like this happened a lot.

TetraVideos.com © 2007 All Rights Reserved.



****