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And liftoff of starliner and atlas5 carrying i two american heroes. boeing's 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 nasa's 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 after seeing starliner through its first 90 l seconds of flight. and then the main engine separate...

Mnh, i don't 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 throttling up, three engines now at 104%. -challenger go at throttle up. -challenger go at throttle up. â...

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 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...

>> 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. 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 doesn't belong to the faint-hearted.