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>> 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 at cape canaveral toward sundays schedu...

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...

Astronauts joe engle and dick 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 ...

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 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...

Astronauts joe angle and dick 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 ...

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 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 responsibili...

>> the challenger flight was the 25th flight of the space shuttle but an especially notable one, because hundreds of thousands of school kids around the country were tuned in to 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 i was spacef...

>> putting that all together in a technology to make it fly and then landing is remarkable. nothing like it had ever been done. >> touch down. >> theyre down. >> i said, it worked. the damn thing worked. >> the day will come, according to nasa, that a launch will be so routine that the press and television wont even bother to cover it. >> 30 weeks later, after columbia had been returned to the kennedy space center, astronauts flew columbia into space again. >> the space shuttle was like a large ...

Because hundreds of thousands of school kids around the country were tuned in to 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 i was spaceflight communicator, i was the one actually communicating with the crew. >> engine throttling up. ...

Astronauts flew columbia into space again. >> the 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 to...