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The horror of this transcript is that the crew was at least partially alive for the full drop to the Ocean. I assume that the power went out on the back box, but it could be that NASA edited out the full transcript. In either case, we do not know what the last words and thoughts of those 7 brave souls were. Having been to the mass grave at Arlington for the crew, I feel only respect and grief over the loss - for the crew AND their families.

This is so crazy to watch.

The dreams of humanity make for wonderful explosions in the sky.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft while in flight.[1][2] The mission, designated STS-51-L, was the 10th flight for the orbiter and the 25th flight of the Space Shuttle fleet. The crew was scheduled to deploy a communications satellite and study Halley's Comet while they were in orbit, in addition to taking schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe into space under the Teacher In Space program. The latter resulted in a higher-than-usual media interest and coverage of the mission; the launch and subsequent disaster were seen live in many schools across the United States. The cause of the disaster was the failure of the primary and secondary redundant O-ring seals in a joint in the shuttle's right solid rocket booster (SRB). The record-low temperatures on the morning of the launch had stiffened the rubber O-rings, reducing their ability to seal the joints. Shortly after liftoff, the seals were breached, and hot pressurized gas from within the SRB leaked through the joint and burned through the aft attachment strut connecting it to the external propellant tank (ET), then into the tank itself. The collapse of the ET's internal structures and the rotation of the SRB that followed threw the shuttle stack, traveling at a speed of Mach 1.92, into a direction that allowed aerodynamic forces to tear the orbiter apart. Both SRBs detached from the now-destroyed ET and continued to fly uncontrollably until the range safety officer destroyed them. The crew compartment, human remains, and many other fragments from the shuttle were recovered from the ocean floor after a three-month search-and-recovery operation. The exact timing of the deaths of the crew is unknown, but several crew members are thought to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. The orbiter had no escape system, and the impact of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable. The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in the Space Shuttle program. President Ronald Reagan created the Rogers Commission to investigate the accident. The commission criticized NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes that had contributed to the accident. Test data since 1977 demonstrated a potentially catastrophic flaw in the SRBs' O-rings, but neither NASA nor SRB manufacturer Morton Thiokol had addressed this known defect. NASA managers also disregarded engineers' warnings about the dangers of launching in cold temperatures and did not report these technical concerns to their superiors. As a result of this disaster, NASA established the Office of Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance, and arranged for deployment of commercial satellites from expendable launch vehicles rather than from a crewed orbiter. To replace Challenger, the construction of a new Space Shuttle orbiter, Endeavour, was approved in 1987, and the new orbiter first flew in 1992. Subsequent missions were launched with redesigned SRBs and their crews wore pressurized suits during ascent and reentry.

And we went to the moon lol

I was in kindergarten, watching in the library not knowing or understanding why every adult was in tears.

Really sweet of you to use your 10 year old nephew's piano recital as the audio

May God let those brave souls rest in peace and guide them into heaven at judgement day.

Paul Olson: A Federal witness in investigations to drug money corruption in Chicago politics, Paul had just finished 2 days of FBI interviews when his plane ride home crashed, killing Paul and 130 others on flight 427. Never count out the power of the Clintons to kill anybody they want, even if it's blowing up a plane and taking many others with him. Do your research.

it won't be long before nasa ever flies again.

I was in the third grade when this happened. We returned to the classroom from lunch and could see that our teacher had been crying. She sat the class down on the carpet at the front of the room and trying to hold back tears, asked the class, “Does anyone know what a tragedy is?” I’ll never forget it.

this seems probably fake?

You have to wonder what Smith saw on his instruments in the half-second before breakup of the shuttle....was it a sudden pressure drop in the SRB or some kind of master alarm? We'll never know what that was about.

I remember the government saying that they died instantly, that none of them suffered... and then years later I heard the audio of their last words as they were burning, plummeting down. It wasn't quick and painless deaths like we were told.

The payload specialist chick lools like ridley from aliens

Real cheese music lol

I presume when Mike Smith said "Uh Oh", he was probably responding to a gauge which detected a sudden loss of power to the shuttle main engines (caused by the leaking tank) just milliseconds before the Liquid fuel tank ignited.

CVRs should be a matter of public record upon conclusion of the investigation.

You gotta' recycle those cans in another state. Don't be çip ass.

Uh oh.

I did not see it initially, but as a teen with no knowledge of airplanes or beyond them I thought : " HOW CRAZY , it's like an airplane strapped to a giant fuel tank and two rockets set on fire next to it.... That can't be what it looks like, that's CRAZY ! ONE SCREW, ONE SCRATCH OR WEAKNESS IN THE METALL ~ 0.01 mm OR THE THINGS KEEPING ALL OF IT CONNECTED UNTIL IT SHOULDN'T BE ANYMORE ..... ONE TINY SCRATCH MAYBE THAT'S ENOUGH FOR A *BOOM* .... HOW CAN THEY PUT PEOPLE IN IT !" WHO GOES IN THERE ? THAT SOUNDS SO WRONG ! Turns out that's exactly what it was....

We all half to go sometime - for some of us it will be 9 months of agony dealing with bone cancer, others a 1 second realization that their BASE jump just went wrong before impact. For the challenger crew, now gone for 36 years, they were having the ride of their life and shat happened. They had 2 minutes of suffering max. To me thats not to bad of a deal.... Its not how or when you died but how much you lived... RIP

5:38 is the cabin crew?

That's not all of it I heard.

Heartbreaking to hear their last conversations with each other and their final words. They were all such amazing people achieving amazing things. What a huge loss to their families and the world. To hear how excited Smith was for his first flight to space and in an instant it was over. I was just a baby when this happened but after watching challenger the final flight on Netflix I wanted to know more about each and every one of them. Each story breaks my heart. Rip crew of the challenger.

Rest In Peace beautiful strong souls

Holy shit Just realized this happened in the 28th of January. In year 1967 or 68 idk in January 27 there was an incident in Apollo 1 where in one of the shuttles a fire broke out burning 3 astronauts alive Jesus Christ it’s really horrific…they also have a voice recording of them screaming for help and trying to say they have a fire in the cockpit

Foolish NASA. They lost two space shuttles due to the culture there.

I never knew the final words were Smith's "uh oh". Damn they knew. RIP.

Everyone in my 6th grade clapped when it exploded I guess we thought it was the booster just boostin. Then everyone felt like crap when we realized they were dead.

"Uh oh." -Michel Smith

That is horrifyingly tragic that one of the astronauts was clutching onto their “security blanket” literally right before they died. Such an innocent coping mechanism when you consider how real the danger was and, how much they knew that deep down.

I was nine. At our elementary school we used to go outside and watch launches. This changed that.

The fact that this mission was rushed and safety therefore compromised is criminal

"uh, oh"? What did smith do

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I want to hear the actual recording not a doctored up transcript. They had knowledge something was wrong because the had their air apparatus on.

"I might need to reach for something". Prophetic

These ppl died so that others could travel safely and technology progressed. Now the man responsible for making huge strides in space programs is being publicly shamed bc he “doesn’t pay taxes” People risk everything for a chance at something great. Progress comes at someone else’s expense

We could see it from USF in Tampa where I was student bc clear,, cold morning& was b4 cell phones of course so we weren't quite sure what had happened. My gfs father worked@Space Center so it really hit hard.I remember President Reagan's speech that night too.Hard to believe 36yrs have gone by...But in Heaven, there is no time 🙏

I remember watching the launch in elementary school & we were all sent home early. I later learned that the school thought it'd be better if our parents talked to us about what we'd seen

January of 2022, and it's just as heartbreaking and anger provoking as the day it happened.

It took about 30 seconds from rudder malfunction to impact.

T+11 Roger Roll challenger T+1:05 Challenger go at throttle up

I had a high school friend die in this crash.

Where there are human beings there will be misfortunes.

I literally heard this crash occur as I was only a few miles away from it in cranberry township area. I heard it right when it happened. So sad. So close to home. This one still hurts.

the conclusion is 100% bullshit. a gigantic LIE. and SHAME on the FAA for creating that LIE. My pilot career was with USAir. 427 was a bomb or some destructive device in the tail section. FBI was crawling all over the crash site.....they were crawling all over the boarding area where 427 was supposed to park..... there was a mafia informant on that aircraft. traveling under an assumed name of George Olson. he was Italian. originated in W PalmBeach traveled to Chicago to testify in a drug trial. flew via ATL on Delta and his itinerary was changed- put on USAir via PIT. That crew and all of the passengers were MURDERED. and SHAME on the FAA for LYING. in over 15,000 hours of flying I never encountered "wake turbulence" of any significance in any phase of flight. it could cause some turbulence but not cause an 737 to fall out of the sky.... a state trooper saw a "puff of smoke" from the rear section of 427. He was supposed to speak about it on "Nightline with Ted Koppel" but his crooked boss threatened him so he didn't appear. TWA 800 was also a cover up. www.TWA800.com. any of you who aren't airline pilots, don't buy into the BS from the FAA. virtually none of them were airline pilots unless they lost their medical or retired. they claimed it was a "rudder servo" also. all bullshit. TELL THE TRUTH. I say all this out of respect for the crew and passengers.

So why the fuck am I supposed to read that at video speed? Please stop posting such shit. I can find the transcript on line, and read it any time. And in 1/10 the time of watching this video. Argh! I hate this idiocy.

the rudder was inverted so by trying to straighten the plane they were only mak it it spin worse and worse