25th Flight News Today

♪ ♪ ♪ the average family home. cory practices her violin. christian plays with his cars. and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went into the 1980s in pretty much the same technology thats been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators, tv, oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch, and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? im not here now,...

♪ ♪ the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went in with pretty much the same technology thats been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? im not here now but my faithful ...

Truly flew "columbia" into space again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. were talking about setting a laboratory. almost like a university in space. and it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way ton...

January 86 was the 25th flight of the space shuttle but it was an especially notable one because hundreds of thousands, if not millions of school kids around the country were tuned into the launch. >> it was the first mission i wasnt in the mission control center. i was outside standing next to the families. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower. >> roger roll, "challenger." >> good roll, flight. >> my responsibilities fo...

>> still doesnt seem real that im going to be able to go with these guys. im excited. >> the ice is cleared away, and "challenger" should be going away very soon. lets go down to the kennedy space center and take a look at "challenger" sitting on the pad as they continue the countdown. >> the "challenger" flight in january of 86 was the 25th flight of the space shuttle. but it was an especially notable one because hundreds of thousands if not millions of schoolkids around the country were tuned ...

>> 30 weeks later, after "columbia" had been returned to the kennedy space center, astronauts joe engel and dick truly flew into space again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger." and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel not just space missions. we are talking about sending a laboratory, almost like a university...

An especially notable one because hundreds of thousands, if not millions of school kids around the country were tuned into the launch. >> it was the first mission i wasnt in the mission control center. i was outside standing next to the families. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower. >> roger roll, "challenger." >> good roll, flight. >> my responsibilities for that flight was i was spacecraft communicator. i was actually...

Truly flew "columbia" into space again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. were talking about setting a laboratory. almost like a university in space. it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight...

One because hundreds of thousands if not millions of school kids around the country were tuned into the launch. >> it was the first mission i wasnt in the mission control center. i was outside, standing next to the families. >> t-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one -- liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission, and it has cleared the tower. >> roger roll, "challenger." >> good roll, flight. >> my responsibilities for the flight, i was spaceflight communicator at capcom...

But it was an especially notable one because hundreds of thousands if not millions of schoolkids around the country were tuned into the launch. >> it was the first mission i wasnt in the mission control center. i was outside, standing next to the families. >> t-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one -- liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission, and it has cleared the tower. >> roger roll, "challenger." >> good roll, flight. >> my responsibilities for the flight, i was sp...