Jan.28.1986 Space Shuttle Challenger

[beana51]

<hr class="hr" width="100%" size="1"> 'The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."..President Ronald Regan

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[Bjoern]

BBC Documentary about Challenger:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...4773346896573#

NASA investigation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKG4bvZGWag

At least some of the astronauts were likely alive and briefly conscious after the breakup, as three of the four Personal Egress Air Packs (PEAPs) on the flight deck were found to have been activated. Investigators found their remaining unused air supply roughly consistent with the expected consumption during the 2 minute 45 second post-breakup trajectory.

*Shudders*


Tragically enough, the o-ring blowouts were observed as early as STS-2...

[centuryseries]

Remember it like it was yesterday. My mum told me on the way home from school (I was only 10 at the time). All evening there was a continual replay of the tradgedy on the news here in the UK.

Lets hope that these massive organisations never become complacent again.

[TomSteber]

I was at home living with my parents. I was watching "The Price Is Right" with my Dad when Dan Rather broke in. What a sad moment in history.

[Navy Chief]

At the time of the accident, I was stationed at NAS Cecil Field, FL, with VFA-106. We heard that something had gone wrong just after the launch.

We walked outside the hangar's upstairs exit, and you could clearly see the smoke plume.....even as far as Jacksonville, FL, where Cecil is.

It was ominous.

NC

[Willy]

I was at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California that morning. Classes stopped right there as everyone was riveted to the classroom tv's.