Space Shuttle Challenger - The Disaster

On January 28, 1986 despite the warnings of engineers not to launch in freezing temperatures, NASA management chose to launch Space Shuttle Challenger.\r
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STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program, which marked the first time a civilian had flown aboard the Space Shuttle.\r
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Rare footage from inside the crew cabin of space shuttle Columbia during its final moments. You can hear the crew talking with each other and at one point they .\r
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A NASA camera records Teach-In-Space backup and future astronaut Barbara Morgan as she watches the launch and explosion of the space shuttle Challenger .