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♪ ♪ ♪ the average family home. cory practices her violin. christian plays with his cars. and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went into the 1980s in pretty much the same technology that's been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators, tv, oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch, and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? i'm not here now, but my faithful machine is. >> there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the teleph...

♪ ♪ the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went in with pretty much the same technology that's been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? i'm not here now but my faithful machine is. >> there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the telephone answering mac...

One because hundreds of thousands if not millions of schoolkids 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 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, was the one actually communicating with the crew. >> engine throttling up. 104%. >> "challenger," go...

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...

>> still doesn't seem real that i'm going to be able to go with these guys. i'm excited. >> the ice is cleared away, and "challenger" should be going away very soon. let's go down to the kennedy space center and take a look at "challenger" sitting on the pad as they continue the countdown. >> the "challenger" flight in january of '86 was the 25th flight of the space shuttle. 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 wasn't in the mission control center. i was outs...