A Different View of the Challenger Explosion

[Yesitis808]

didn't they know something was wrong weeks before the launch? and they just pushed it aside. Something like that

[saints093]

What NASA should have done was replace the right solid rocket booster with a new one, and maybe Challenger wouldn't have exploded after liftoff, or waited until the weather was warmer to launch.

[amgen52]

@saints093 All the boosters have the same design flaw. They should have redesigned the booster joint when it showed signs of problems years before.

[rockergirl83]

Man, it's so sad. I was only 2 1/2, so I was too young to remember such a thing, but it still hits me just the same. I'll bet there wasn't a space shuttle liftoff after this that didn't have these images running through their mind hoping it didn't happen again. Did the voice at 1:39-40 say, "We have a problem?"

[CourtWillowheart]

RIP. :(

[NathanLonechild]

R.I.P :(

[probronutheads78]

thank you, finally some good footage, no really! last video we saw sucked, the cameraman left the camera pointing at the parkin lot, then a minute after the explosion he finally pointed the camera up at the explosion and it was over, thanks,:}

[IwshIcldstrtover]

Is 1:10 where the upper wind sheer caused the shuttle to violently shake which caused the rocket booster to shake loose?

[d1drifter87]

@IwshIcldstrtover the explosion wasnt due to shaking, it was due to a faulty O-ring

[IwshIcldstrtover]

@d1drifter87 Yes, thanks, I realize this, but I watched another documentary that shows that a violent wind sheer caused the shuttle to move violently seconds before the explosion, and, the movement was what caused the o-ring to fail at keeping the flame inside the rocket booster.

[1985MANAmericana]

@IwshIcldstrtover The O ring failed before the shuttle was off the ground.

[deathrooster14]

@IwshIcldstrtover No, the problem was a damaged O ring on the right SRB which caused a heat build up that destroyed the structural supports. The Right SRB then careened into the fuel tank, causing the explosion. The O ring problem was due to cold weather. They postponed the launch 3 times. They should have cancelled it.

[IwshIcldstrtover]

@deathrooster14 Thanks for the description.  No matter how many times I have seen this from different angles, it is always difficult to watch. You're right, they should hav cancelled the flight for sure.

[deathrooster14]

@IwshIcldstrtover Your welcome. I believe that this accident, along with Columbia, was the cause for the shut down of the space shuttle program.

[rockergirl83]

@deathrooster14 I remember after Columbia, the program did shut down for about 2 years. 

[shivanajames]

ok



[ilovefoxhunting89]

Muhahahahaaaaahhhhhhh

[averystrutin]

1:33 HAND

[bonsai108]

1:27 Holy _______!

[jojopuppyfish]

This is the third video I've seen of the disaster. How many more are out there?

[RDprodx]

@jojopuppyfish

don't know apart from the newish one with 700,000 views I can't see anymore but would like to :)

[bearsong420]

eerie face in the cloud at 1:38

[MrBamaboy504]

@bearsong420

lol yeah tht cloud does look like a face all i saw was th mouth and a nose

[Derby14]

@bearsong420 Looks like Abe Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore to me...

[kjm331974]

god speed

[mightydesign]

Even seeing it almost 25 years later it is still very sad. 

[jaystork21]

amazing, RIP

[acarroll34]

i have never seen another angle of this disaster...Thank you so much for putting this up....

[johnalang]

Thank you for sharing this rare footage