Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (STS-51L)

[TECK1337]

"Obviously a major malfunction"

No dumbshit. The whole spacecraft just exploded. And it took you 12 seconds just to realize that?

[CodeGreen47]

And for those who keep mocking for obviously a major malfunction quote, shut up because you have no idea what's it like when you watch people die in a horrible disaster. What should've he said, something like OH NO HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK?!? That would sound even more stupid -.-

[CodeGreen47]

Crew didnt actually die when shuttle broke up. They were still alive in the cabin until it hit the ocean. Then they died. Poor crew, who knows what went through their minds in the last moments of their lives.

[TheLonesomeChef]

@RUHORNY77 lol fail

[MrBennetzen]

I seriously doubt this will wind up on the show "1000 Ways to Die".

[ashfaqul11]

@MrJambo000 yeah



[cellchat]

His voice wavers at 2:35 ...his human, thank god

[MyMaxy13]

thums up if u thout it was the schools >=(

[PopTartzluver17]

FAIL

[tristankf]

@PopTartzluver17 Fuck you asshole. How dare you mock the deaths of these brave people. They never got to see their husbands, wives and children ever again. Go fuck yourself you excuse for a human being.

[delgesu1000]

"a major malfunction" ... sans blague .... :(

[sirhaj87]

There was a teacher in the shuttle, it's her "final destination" I guess together with the other astronauts. She was selected out of thousands of applicants on the quest to the "Final Destination", Death. Bless them all.

[jemhson]

t-minus-eternity and lift off...... lift off to hell!

[jemhson]

another US made expensive firework with priceless american creature onboard

phew! US technology these days...

I thought so before! Soyuz is better!

[samdo123]

my high school was after that shuttle

[123owenboy]

the really sad part is that the crew fell to earth, 2mins to fall not knowing whether you will live or not.

[keef186]

One of those events that you will always remember where you were.

[NoodlesNDM1]

Well done to the man speaking for keeping his cool like that. In a situation as bad as this, the last thing you need is for everyone to lose it. RIP.

[ALTusProdxx]

and Adam Young dedicate a song called January 28, 1986 to this brave astronauts

[monkeys1234ish]

brave

[darrylhaynes]

my god...

[karlking1995]

was ther a slight bad chance that the/ a astronauts survived the anitial explostion and may have plemeted to tehir death/s?

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@karlking1995 No chance at all. It may not have looked like it but the whole shuttle became a big fireball in about 1 200th of a second. The astronauts didn't feel a thing.

[karlking1995]

@eastsidelife4ever36 I see what your saying but anouther youtube video with comentary thats as old as the disarster itself said that that large plume of smoke was infact a reaction of hydrogen and the oxygen stored onbord and the bright yellow/ orange was the reflection form the sun and the SRB's and even showed slowed down parts of the shuttle exiting the plume, first came the nose and crew cabin intacket then the seperation of the nose and crew cabin. I will send you the link if you want?

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@karlking1995 nah bro believe me i know exactly what happened but i was just telling you because you asked a question but i do know what you're talking about.

[karlking1995]

@eastsidelife4ever36 well isnt this what starts wars lol to different opinionated facts...XD

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@karlking1995 where in the hell are you trying to go with this???

[karlking1995]

@eastsidelife4ever36 I have absolutly no clue anymore :/

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@karlking1995 oh

[leerobbo92]

@eastsidelife4ever36 I'm sorry to say this, but they actually know that some of the crew survived the initial breakup... Some of those involved with the investigation believed that they tried to fly the ship without wings on the way down, so they could've even been conscious when they hit the ocean... I hate saying it, since it's so horrible, but that's from NASA itself...

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@leerobbo92 Yeah and my friend's dad who i know really well is an engineer with NASA and has been for 35 years!! He was part of challenger's investigation team after the disaster and he told me a lot about his work so he told me about this as well and besides I've heard other stories about it. A lot of people who are with NASA think that they died on impact others disagree. Sometimes they do that stuff to get big with the press though. Just saying I know what happened. Sorry if I pissed you off.

[leerobbo92]

@eastsidelife4ever36 So... What you're saying is that people at NASA disagree... Which, in turn, means they, and everyone else, don't actually know what happened. But you do? Either you're psychic, the world's greatest detective (in which case, why are you wasting time on youtube videos when you've got crime to solve?) or you can survive massive fireballs and impacts of 200g-plus. Or, just maybe, you don't actually know what happened. I'm going to stick to what NASA released...

[leerobbo92]

Also, the reason I was saying I was sorry was because of the awful subject and tragedy, not because I was proving anyone wrong... I'm passing on what NASA released, which I doubt they'd released something like that to "get big with the press". I'm sure the public (myself included) would rather they died instantly than suffer a 200,000 foot drop while engulfed in flames, if nothing else then to give the families piece of mind...

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@leerobbo92 I agree with you for sure although everyone gets big with the press sometimes when big things like this happen. But if you really wanna find out i suggest you investigate the situation deeper. Just saying...

[toomanysam]

did it died?

[kirbyRTU]

what a horrible silence just after the crash

[kirbyRTU]

what a horrible silence after the crash

[chaosslayer3]

One of the biggest tragedies America has ever gone through. God bless those brave men. Rest in Peace.

[TheViasKilla]

Soooooo Sad :'$

[shadowhunter388]

the rocket that came off and was flying around looks like a ICBM

[stormerdawn]

good i guess

[SuperFlapjack21]

that is so sad!

:(

rip

[Gam3rTagger]

wait how do they get side of shuttle cam

[jro9001]

thats probably y they said to kick up the thrust and it could not handle it and it exploded

[Nikedude109]

@JAAG76AZ Thank you for explaining to me what happened. Brave astronauts they were, Salute.

[Nikedude109]

@Inormallikelovethe Alright thank you :) 

[blindadoitapevi]

Americans must learn that the space program is only to Russia.



[shadowhunter388]

@blindadoitapevi Yeah that's why you failed to get to the moon before us.

[Springbok295]

I was in AP History class when this happened.

[Springbok295]

I was in AP class when this happened.

[HDLeagueofLegends]

This is just heart-wrenching.

[MrWahaha97]

RIP for those Brave Souls there. GodSpeed Challenger.

[Nikedude109]

What caused this to happen? 

[MagnificentIron]

Honor a toda la tripulación.

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

GOD BLESS THOSE 7, I REMEMBER BEING GLUED TO THE T.V. THAT DAY!!!!!

[mmdghr]

RIP brave souls 

[iAirsoft69]

is it true that some of the crew survived the blast but later died from something else?

[knightryderrwn]

@iAirsoft69,

Yes. It's been pretty much confirmed that some of the crew survived the initial breakup of Challenger, but died either due to explosive decompression, or the high rate of speed upon impact. RIP Heroes.

[nalod23]

not to sound like dissrespectful but wasnt there a theory about the russians hitting it with a rocket thingy or somthing like that?

[knightryderrwn]

@nalod23,

That was a conspiracy theory, with no truth to it whatsoever.

[Wonkabar007]

Those chilling words " Challenger go with throttle up "

[JonRDow]

I wonder if anyone can answer this: How come the camera always changes to the very zoomed in (1:27) view moments before the explosion, then kicks straight back to the zoomed out view (1:30) moments after? Are the three seconds classified footage etc?

[kplee89]

@JonRDow I think they show that because at 1:29, you can start to see the O-ring failure propagate. It's just a close-up view of what caused the explosion. 

[Flightkid9]

@JonRDow I believe that is just what the news channels broadcasted, they normally zoom in for shuttle launches like that, they quickly zoomed out when it exploded to see the smoke and remains, but that's just what I think I can't back this up.

RIP

[Boeing727223]

Saw the booster rocket plumes as I was walking home from School that day in South Florida RIP

[ollirosenberg8]

may everyone killed RIP :(

[masicklazik]

@ollirosenberg8 uh.. what?

[78720]

my dad and I were just talking about this, he said he was subbing in the east as a teacher and had the kids watching this

[MrHorseRacer]

i was 5 yrs old and remember watching this live on TV.

[will891410]

maybe it change with the lazer impulsion.

[Michael55443]

I saw this on live TV when it happened. Talk about a humbling day.

[Hynee]

1:59 Awkward!

Seriously though, 1:34 , do you hear the "Uh oh"? That was the last words from the cockpit transcript, I'm not sure if we're actually hearing the pilot on this video, but it certainly sounds like Uh-oh to me.

[lyokoBSTN]

@Hynee i don't think we'd be hearing the astronauts at this point

by 1:34 all the power in the behicle would have been cut so there wouldn't be any radio communications from them

[Hynee]

@lyokoBSTN You're probably right, it could have been someone near one of the broadcast microphones spontaneously letting out an uh-oh sound loudly.

[lyokoBSTN]

@Hynee yea

well that or in my mind it sounded vaguly like an alarm or somthing going off on one of the controll consoles close to him

[Flightkid9]

@Hynee yes I believe that the commander did say that or something similar, I remember reading that from somewhere but I don't remember where.

[knightryderrwn]

@Flightkid9,

I read that the last unofficial transmission from on board Challenger was from pilot Mike Smith -- he supposedly said, "Uh-oh!"  just before the vehicle broke apart.

[Flightkid9]

@knightryderrwn ya that's what i read also somewhere, I don't remember where though

[Hynee]

@Flightkid9 just google "challenger cockpit transcript", the most reliable version is on history.nasa.gov

[RicMpt]

obviously a major malfunction....

RRREEEAAALLLLYYYYYY??????

[RubenCraninx]

The worse part in this story would be that this didn't had to happen... If NASA had listened to the engineer who worked for the company building the booster rockets...

He informed NASA hours before launch that the booster's O-rings would shrink when launching in this cold weather conditions... He insisted on delaying to launch to warmer conditions...

They didn't, and then this happened. I hope NASA learned a lesson: "listen to your engineers ..."

[spidez8407]

RIP CREW SALUTE U 

[mooseasaurusrex]

Not sure why I wanted to re-live this, but I thank you for loading it all the same.

[ultimatezero12345]

when did this happen?

[jeffys612]

@ultimatezero12345 25 years ago. I was in junior high.

[SalocinTEN]

@ultimatezero12345 Tuesday, January 28, 1986.

[knightryderrwn]

@ultimatezero12345,

January 28, 1986 -- 25 years ago today.

[M1sterHamilton]

rip

[TheGreatFlyer]

RIP from Cyprus... Horrible accident!

[ripstikgod]

Salute..

Brave astronauts.

[Yoyokyn121]

rip crew