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>> i was looking at my screen and i turned and looked, and i did not understand or recognize what i saw. it didn't make sense to me, because it was this fiery mess. >> flight. >> 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.
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 wasn't 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 communicating with the crew. >> en...
Large truck that could deploy satellites and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbitter "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 sunday's scheduled launch of the shuttle "challenger." a liftoff that will carry america's first teacher into space. >> still doesn't seem real that i'm going to be able to go wit...
If not millions of school kids around the country were tuned around the country were tuned in to the launch. >> it was the first mission i wasn't 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 communicating with the crew. >> engine's throttling up. >> "challenger" go with throttle up. >> i was looking at my screen a...
What i saw. it didn't make sense to me, because it was this fiery mess. >> flight. >> 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 doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. it belongs to the brave. the "challenger" crew was pulling us into the future and we'll continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle