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>> liftoff! liftoff. americans return to space. >> i tell you, i held my breath for two minutes until the solid rocket motors come off. i just went thank god. and we continued on into orbit. >> let us remember the "challenger" crew. we can say at long last, dick, mike, judy, and to krista and greg, dear friends, we have resumed the journey that we promised to continue for you. this this this this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can ...

And liftoff. americans returning to space. >> i tell you, i held my breath for two minutes until the solid rocket motors came in. i just went, oh, thank god. and we

Exhaustively. >> i wanted the opportunity to fly on >> i wanted the opportunity to fly on that first return flight and i was fortunate being assigned to that crew. >> liftoff! liftoff. americans return to space. >> i tell you, i held my breath for two minutes until the solid rocket motors come off. i just went thank god. and we continued on into orbit. >> let us remember the "challenger" crew. we can say at long last, dick, mike, judy, and to krista and greg, dear friends, we have resumed the jo...

Liftoff. americans return to space. >> i tell you, i held my breath for two minutes until the solid rocket motors come off. i just went thank god. and we continued on into orbit. >> let us remember the "challenger" crew. we can say at long last, dick, mike, judy, and to krista and greg, dear friends, we have resumed the journey that we promised to continue for you. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. now im back. alev...

>> the solid rocket motors of the shuttles that take off are filled with ammonia perchlorate. you have a material that in this case can really detonate, explode. >> pepcon employees, knowing just how explosive their factory is, run for their lives. >> the employees know what is happening and they all took off. they self-evacuated across the desert. >> before firefighters arrive, theres a massive explosion. >> oh! >> thats going to be loud. >> i saw the explosion about five or six seconds before ...

So i think that they learn a lot with each attempt. and perhaps this will be the one today. >> only be two attempts. the last one came very close, actually got to the barge. but this could be a deal changer. some say it could be not only a huge cost savings but it would mean -- make it far more advantageous to consider space exploration because the biggest cost is just starting anew with everything again, right? >> yeah. i think the shuttles biggest advantage was the reusability of solid rocket ...

Career. >> may 4th, 1988, henderson, nevada, just ten miles from the las vegas strip. dennis todd is doing routine repair work on a tv transmission power on the top of black mountain when he notices an extremely bright fire down below. >> we looked down and saw this fire with this brilliance, like a fourth of july sparkler. unlike anything ive seen before. >> the fire is so bright because its fueled by a highly volatile chemical used to make rocket fuel. todd grabs his video camera and begins re...

>> may 4th, 1988, henderson, nevada, just ten miles from the las vegas strip. dennis todd is doing routine repair work on a tv transmission power on the top of black mountain when he notices an extremely bright fire down below. >> we looked down and saw this fire with this brilliance, like a fourth of july sparkler. unlike anything ive seen before. >> the fire is so bright because its fueled by a highly volatile chemical used to make rocket fuel. todd grabs his video camera and begins recording....

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