The Final Words Of The Challenger Crew Will Leave You Speechless

Rest in peace to the members of the Challenger crew.

Uh-oh? It took you over three minutes of video to tell us they said "Uh-oh"? I want my money back!

They found other failures of those o rings captured during other shuttle launches. They knew there were issues and ignored them until too late. Not only did they redesign the o rings, but NASA got redesigned by people getting fired or asked to stand down. It won't bring back those poor people, but future lives were saved. RIP to the crew. I'll never forget what happened.

I was a teacher in Nova Scotia, Canada, as the crew prepared for the trip of a life time. For Christa McAuliffe it was to be the class trip of a lifetime. Our staff sent her a postcard of well-wishes.....,I hope she received it....hope it made her smile. Rest in Eternal Peace...

They were alive on the way down, what an absolute nightmare, may they rest in piece. Apollo 1 '67 Challenger '86 Columbia '03

The O rings were not overly sensitive or flawed. No more than your car is flawed that it can’t run at the top of Mt Everest. Every piece of equipment has an operating range. The O rings had a designed operating range that was well known and documented. The conditions were outside of that range on the day of launch. Engineers at Morton Thiokol tried to raise the issue and were ignored.

I remember being a 15 year old teenager when this happened. I was home sick and watched it on TV. I was sitting on the couch eating a bowl of cereal watching the launch. When the Challenger exploded, I sat there frozen in disbelief with my spoon up to my face as to what exactly just happened. "Did the space shuttle really just blow up?" I then called my mother to the living room telling her, "Mom, come to the living room! The space shuttle just blew up!"

I was shopping with my BFF on the day of the disaster. We lived in Lakeland, Florida., roughly 110 miles from Cape Canaveral. We’d ALWAYS had a “good long-distance “aerial”/“visual” view of launches from the Base. We could CLEARLY SEE every rocket and “Shuttle” with the naked-eye. “Launch Viewings” and “Viewing Parties” were as common as “Hurricane Parties”. But they were VASTLY becoming “boring”. THIS Launch however, was a “Special” one. Thus, there we were…standing amongst a crowd of customers and employees in the “Electronics Section” of a Major Retail Store watching, as per usual, EVERY SINGLE TELEVISION “tuned-in” to the “Historic” launch. After “counting-down”, “out-loud” with everyone else, my BFF and I ran outside to watch it “live”, as it would quickly “enter into our viewpoint”. We joined the “outside crowd” and SAW the explosion happen in REAL TIME!! (Neither my BFF, NOR ANYONE ELSE “WITH US” realized “what had happened”!!) I SCREAMED (and I am NOT a “screamer”) “OH MY GOD IT BLEW UP”!!, in a SINGLE “RUN-ON” SENTENCE, as I turned and RUSHED BACK to the “Electronics Section”, trailed by my BFF AND the ENTIRE OUTSIDE CROWD!! There, we were met with an “eerie”, STUNNED SILENCE from the ENTIRE STORE. (The Store Manager had even ordered the incessantly-piped, “in-store, ‘music and advertising’ tape reel” to be TURNED OFF.) “Some” were vocally sobbing; “some” muttered Prayer’s for the Crew and their families; “some” silently cried so as “not to frighten their children”; “some” covered their mouths and/or faces in horror…Men and male teenagers alike removed their hats “In Honor” with “some”, respectfully “Saluting”, in absentia. We ALL STOOD…too SHOCKED and HORRIFIED to say a word, before slowly retreating from the Electronics Section, as all but a few, small televisions were “left on” with the volume “SUBSTANTIALLY lowered” to follow the “aftermath coverage” from the Cape….. No…I’ll NEVER forget “THAT DAY”…😔 RIP, ✌🏻❤️👊🏻 Peace, Love, and Respect…..

I watched it live on TV. The next day, my sister, who was one of the many, many candidates considered was interviewed on local news. It didn't occur to me until that moment that I potentially could have lost my sister.

My father had always been fascinated by the space program. The day of the Challenger launch was the day of my mother’s funeral and we were all in the living room, dressed up for the service and Dad wanted a pleasant distraction. He turned on the tv and we watched the live coverage, of course expecting it to be exciting and hope-filled. Like everyone else, we were absolutely horrified by the tragedy that happened before our eyes. Poor Dad was especially devastated. We shut off the tv and headed to the church in a daze. Mum’s funeral and the Challenger disaster will always be linked for our family.

Watched it live from my science clsss. It was surreal when it exploded. No one knew what to do or say

I was getting ready to go out that morning, but I was waiting for my roommate to get home from his job at a donut shop. He always brougt home donuts and i wanted to take a few over to my girlfriends apartment across the courtyard. I looked out the window and saw him blast into his parking space, then saw him sprint out of his truck and head for the door. As soon as the door opened he came in with a look of horror on he face and said, "Turn on the TV, the space shuttle just blew up." Jeff and I, along with my girlfriend sat in the living room most of the day watching the coverage on CNN.

I am not sure I ever fully recovered from seeing this Live on TV as an 8 year old.

RIP Dick Scobee (1939-1986) Michael J. Smith (1945-1986) Ronald McNair (1950-1986) Ellison Onizuka (1946-1986) Judith Resnik (1949-1986) Gregory Jarvis (1944-1986) and Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986)

My dad was a teacher and applied for the mission. I watched the Challenger go down as a 1st grader at school. I'm happy he didn't mention his application until I was old enough to understand it.

I watched the Challenger launch from my job at a Hospital in Ft.Myers Florida. A bunch of Techs, nurses, and staff went outside of the building for a perfect launch view. I remember it being quiet cold that morning also. We immediately knew something was wrong when the boosters separated and went opposite directions, after a big while smoke cloud. I will never forget that day. RIP Challenger Crew. Gone but not forgotten

We students were all sent home early. What a sad day for our Nation, and the entire world.

I was in 1st grade. I remember watching it in the gym with the whole school. I remember there were 100 of us watching it all on ONE 25 INCH TV ON A ROLLING SHELF. I remember teachers crying. I also remember they sent us home around 10:30-11:00am.?

Save you some time: the last words captured was "uh oh" for pilot Michael Smith. Immediately after that the vehicle breakup occured and ALL power was lost. There was no secret recording found, although a recorder was found, probably Christa's, weeks later in the ocean. It had nothing of use on it and doesn't appear to have even been turned on.

The O-rings didn't rupture, they shrunk, due to the cold, thus compromising the seal in the solid propellant booster. The escaping gases, extreme heat, and high pressure did the rest.