[challenger explosion]25 years ago today

[Vee]

i remember watching this live in elementary school



rip

 

[Killjoy]

I remember a joke involving 7up

 

[SuicideTaxi]

i remember watching this live in elementary school six hundred thousand times as they played it over and over

rip

Fixed.

 

[Gringo]

what does nasa stand for?

Spoiler

not another seven astronauts

 

[Killjoy]

need

Gringo you fucked it up

 

[Gringo]

well, then the kid in elementary school i heard it from 20 years ago fucked it up too, ves

 

[Soup]

fyi fast forward to 1:25 or so

 

[anomaly]

my moms friend died in that

 

[HollyW00d]

Why did the Challenger crew have dandruff?

Spoiler

Because their head and shoulders were on the beach

 

[JuggerNaught]

I remember seeing this on TV.

 

[Spxnge]

 

[Vee]

i went to the same university as her, we had a kick-ass space center named after her with space shuttle and control center simulators

we'd get super baked and go fuck around in there

 

[Spxnge]

i don't give a fuck about u

 

[max]

I got a nosebleed watching a video of that in grade school. My only connection to it.

 

[reZolut]

i went to the same university as her, we had a kick-ass space center named after her with space shuttle and control center simulators

we'd get super baked and go fuck around in there

aren't you creepy and awkward? and unable to support a family in cali?

 

[Vee]

aren't you creepy and awkward? and unable to support a family in cali?

lol yeah man

yeah

 

[Oxyminoan]

Didn't think that video would affect me that much, but I literally shed tears.

The silence after it explodes....

 

[Goshin]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WOOOOOO!!!!!!!

 

[Goshin]

p.s.
1983-1986: The Missions and History of Space Shuttle Challenger | NASASpaceFlight.com

25-years ago today, Space Shuttle Challenger was lost with all hands in the bright blue sky over Central Florida. Embarking on her 10th mission on January 28, 1986, Challenger was at the time the most-flown orbiter in NASA’s fleet. Quickly rising to prominence as the fleet leader (in terms of not only the number of missions flown, but also her impressive scientific and technological accomplishments), Challenger was the workhorse of the early days of the Shuttle fleet, setting numerous records and leaving behind a legacy of education, inspiration, and safety.

sweet photog of a shuttle on the pad in fog at the link, and a lot more info on the challenger

But perhaps most fitting, school teacher Barbara Morgan, Christa McAuliffe’s backup, would realize her and Christa’s dream on August 8, 2007 when she launched as a full Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour’s – Challenger’s replacement – STS-118 mission to the International Space Station.

 

[vawlk]

Watched that in Jr High live. All of the teachers were crying and we were all stunned.