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November 25, 2017
Us into the future, and well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days we knew it was a solid o-ring that had failed. it led to the loss of the challenger. >> during the 30 months since the accident, there have been hundreds of hardwar...
July 5, 2017
Flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days we knew it was a solid rocket booster joint that had failed. it led to the loss of the challenger. >> during the 30 months since the accident, there have been hundreds of hardware changes to not only the booster but to the orbiter and the large ...
May 28, 2017
There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days we knew it was a solid o-ring that had failed. it led to the loss of the challenger. >> during the 30 months since the accident, there have been hundreds of hardware changes to not only the booster but to the orbiter a...
March 26, 2017
There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days we knew it was a solid rocket booster joint that has failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that led to the loss of the challenger. >> during the 30 months since the accident, there have been hundreds of hardware chang...
February 23, 2017
If guy next door that never hurt a flea and had something nice to say to everybody. occasionally even sean hannity. after weeks covering the columbine massacre in colorado, i came back home to new york city and saw him in the hall. he went on and on about how we interacted with the children who had been so traumatized by that horrible event. his concern for the teens was very real. he asked about how they were doing, what they needed psychologically and otherwise and how all of us could help the...
February 20, 2017
And remembering. the future doesnt belong to the faint hearted. it belongs to the brave. the challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and focus ix it an it again. >> kwithin a matter of days we knew it was a solid o-ring that had fai...
January 29, 2017
>> 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." >> this was the birth of space travel not just space missions. we are talking about sending a laboratory, almost like a university in space, and it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight at cape canaveral toward sundays scheduled launch of the shuttle "challenger....
January 29, 2017
Flights and more shuttle crews and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challenger" accident, there had been hundreds of hardware changes to n...
December 11, 2016
The future doesnt belong to the faint-hearted. it belongs to the brave. the "challenger" crew was pulling us into the future and well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had fai...
September 29, 2015
See it in the early morning when it can actually be wet enough. we might see the water itself. so look forward to the next orbiter. were also looking for where else on the planet we might see these things. just how extensive might this liquid water be. and part of that is you have to look at very high resolution to even see these features. that required our latest orbiter the mars reconnaissance orbiter at mars. its only covered 3% of the planet at that resolution. theres a lot of territory out ...