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And liftoff of starliner and atlas5 carrying i two american heroes. boeings starliner spacecraft makes it up into the sky and on its way to the international space station. looking good with i speeds and attitude increasing as expected. on board, two of nasas most experienced astronauts on the spacecraft�*s first test flight with a crew. you got a good throttle up. a view from the rocket, and we see one of the solid rocket boosters fall away. the solid rocket boosters| have now beenjettisoned ...

Mnh, i dont know about this." it looked smaller to me, you know? it looked a little older. i was like, "okay, this is getting really real." and then i remember thinking about what happened to challenger. [ cheers and applause ] -space shuttle challenger is just a few seconds away from blasting off from the kennedy space center near cape canaveral, florida. -t-minus 15 seconds. t-minus 10, 9, 8... 7, 6... -6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ -liftoff confirmed. -liftoff. -engines thrott...

Engines throttling up, three engines now at 104 . Challenger go at throttle up. Challenger go at throttle up. [ all gasping, screaming ]

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 spacecraft communicator at capcom, w...

>> i was looking at my screen and i turned and looked, and i did not understand or recognize what i saw. it didnt make sense to me, because it was this fiery mess. >> flight. negative contact. >> there was this angry red glow and this wail from the hearts of the family because they knew what i knew. that "challenger" crew was gone. >> today is a day for mourning and remembering. the future doesnt belong to the faint-hearted.

Communicator at capcom, the one actually communicating with the crew. >> engine throttling up. "challenger," go with throttle up. >> going with throttle up. >> i was looking at my screen, and i turned and looked. and i did not understand or recognize what i saw. it didnt make sense to me, because it was this fiery mess. >> weve had negative contact. >> there was this angry, red glow. and this wail. from the hearts of the family, because they knew what i knew. that "challenger" crew was gone.

>> lift-off of the 25th space shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower. >> all the communications between the shuttle and mission control indicated everything was going fine. there was a sense of relief that the much delayed flight was finally under way. >> engines at 65%. three engines running normally. three good fuel cells, three good apus. engines throttling up. >> challenger go with throttle up. >> it happened just over one minute into flight. >> velocity 2900 feet per second. altitude ...

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...

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...