Unseen Amateur Footage of the Challenger Disaster

Found this video on the internet. Don't know where it came from.

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC).

Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed, allowing pressurized hot gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside and impinge upon the adjacent SRB attachment hardware and external fuel tank. This led to the separation of the right-hand SRB's aft attachment and the structural failure of the external tank. Aerodynamic forces promptly broke up the orbiter.

The crew compartment and many other vehicle fragments were eventually recovered from the ocean floor after a lengthy search and recovery operation. Although the exact timing of the death of the crew is unknown, several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. However, the shuttle had no escape system and the astronauts did not survive the impact of the crew compartment with the ocean surface.

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• shuttle
• challenger
• disaster
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• nasa
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• astronaut
• moon
• satellite
• 1986
• astronomy
• stargate

[USAon3]

@pilgim if all the men were dead, how would your trash get taken out? How would your car get fixed when it "won't go"? Who would move your furniture, no matter how many times you change your mind? Who would buy you candy and jewelry? Who would--

Ahh, never mind. With your attitude, no man would set foot within a mile of your pussy.

[Downfacingdog]

we all got troubles!

[poochydog2]

for all you fuckos, we all get old, the time will come when you will be in diapers, losing motor function & you will be made fun of so fuck off the old man, have some manners & remember the souls lost on what was a truly fucked up day for space travel.

[TheRatedRThuglife77]

Those looked like simple times back then.

[dabearbus06]

Yeah that's definitely trouble of some kind

[eloretdemola]

you would think us floridians would know a fucked up launch from a normal one by now.

[37361811]

RIP all of the fallen astronauts

[WELLBRAN]

Well at least the old boy KNEW it was not right...unlike most of the NASA geniuses that let it be launched when some were telling them that the thing was flawed...so stop knocking the old guy

[canonjackie]

hey boyyyyyy, dey got trouble.

[cutejoshie]

That's some kind of trouble there, George.

[pubeonapipe]

I freaking love old people.

[josejara76]

Wow....tragic.....thanks for the post