New Challenger Video Super 8 Film Of Space Shuttle Disaster

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Interesting new footage. I hadn't been born yet at the time but I remember my father and grandparents telling me about watching it on tv. I clearly remember Columbia though. I had been following that mission as well as several previous ones.
 

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Interesting new footage. I hadn't been born yet at the time but I remember my father and grandparents telling me about watching it on tv. I clearly remember Columbia though. I had been following that mission as well as several previous ones.

I remember getting up at about 4am to watch the first ever flight of Columbia. It was taken up on the back of a 747 and released to glide back to earth. I also remember watching this event live on tv and the final flight of Columbia.

There have been many disasters in the various space programs over the years. The 2 destroyed space shuttles were really just the most publicized.

Space disasters - a timeline | Science | guardian.co.uk

USA, Space Disasters Timeline, 21st Century
 

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The one I remember is Space Shuttle Columbia that exploded above me in Arlington, Texas and debris falling all around the DFW Metroplex area.. even in the school yard down I45.

 

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I remember getting up at about 4am to watch the first ever flight of Columbia. It was taken up on the back of a 747 and released to glide back to earth. I also remember watching this event live on tv and the final flight of Columbia.

There have been many disasters in the various space programs over the years. The 2 destroyed space shuttles were really just the most publicized.

Space disasters - a timeline | Science | guardian.co.uk

USA, Space Disasters Timeline, 21st Century

Indeed. The Russians seem to have had the worst luck when it comes to space disasters. Though as far as I know no one has actually died in space yet. Its only during launch or re-entry when deaths occur. Or in the case of Apollo 1, a routine test.