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Plunging into the ocean about 900 miles southeast of eastern island. it carried two devices designed to land on mars, but one of the rocket boosters failed to ignite properly. they lost contact and the rocket got stuck in earth ace orbit. >> you can tell by the newscaster's hair-do that was 1996. what's happening now is amazingly similar. at lease this one doesn't have pollute tone yum on board. it's tons and tons of toxic rocket fuel. you can be a work for free amateur space trackers of this if you want to be. according to the live track john line, right now it's somewhere west of indonesia v...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, he's back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i don't know if that was from you or your son. i can't imagine what you were feeling. if you can, walk me through your initial thoughts when y...

Program. and i actually ended up canceling -- i was getting ready to fly. it was a big impact on myself. and it did change the space program. nasa had to learn a very tough lesson and had to do a lot of introspective look at what they were doing and came out stronger as a result and the shuttle program carried on. megyn: theres with a problem with the o-rings, defective o-rings, which are rubbery seals in the rocket boosters that flank the spacecraft. they were defective and allowed hot gases and flames to seep out. it essentially was a blowtorch lit to the spacecraft. there were questions by ...

1:30 into the flight all three auxiliary power units that provide hydraulic power to the orbiter's systems in good shape as are the fuel cells providing electricity to all of the systems onboard. "atlantis" is already 19 miles in altitude, down range from the kennedy space center. 20 miles traveling, 2,500 miles per hour. >> we're listening to kyle herron in launch control. >> the rocket boosters burn out and separate from the orbiter. >> reporter: we have separation coming up of the solid boosters here, right on schedule. there they go. a beautiful separation. "atlantis" continues on its way ...

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