The Final Words Of The Challenger Crew Will Leave You Speechless

and the 25th bace shuttle mission lifts off and has cleared the tower in 73 seconds and boom, the world

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forever remember the massive explosion of the Challenger space flight that quickly took the lives of its

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of seven as the ashes fell into the Ocean Atlantic. The US space agency knew its reputation had taken a permanent hit now, new evidence about the Challenger

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's last

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has revealed something even more sinister about launch day, which rekindled America's love affair with space. Space was nothing short of a romance with the Moon Landing love story had reached a new era and together the Apollo missions were an incredible milestone for the nation, but by the mid-1980s Americans were struggling to find relevance in space. .

Companies once again, in particular NASA, wanted to keep their program alive. decided to turn space exploration into a public relations issue, the biggest challenge was to keep people's curiosity alive and, by extension, the money and government interests would continue to flow in. In January 1986, the US space agency had calculated that the United States United States was very bored with spaceflight. and unmanned missions, after all, for much of the decade NASA had emphasized making visits to space a dream of the common man to do so, began the 80s with the debut of its space shuttle program in the that reusable vehicles

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make space exploration cheap and frequent.

Planning a trip to Disneyland sure is expensive and requires a lot of logistical work, but once a year or so is not a far-fetched dream. The idea here was to create sustainable spacecraft that would make space exploration a leisure activity rather than simply In some scientific company it was proposed that the agency would send out 50 flights a year, much to the agency's disappointment, even the idea of ​​a space flight accessible didn't work. EX ly Garner received a lot of support. Many Americans had seen the moon landing for young adults. The trajectory of his life had begun with the event that had captured the world's attention, not to mention that even after the moon landing, the Apollo missions continued for a while, it also seemed that the accessible Space Program seemed too good to be true, then the Orbiter called Challenger, which was scheduled to deploy a communications satellite and study the comet's routine stuff.

Hi, well, no, not really seen, aside from NASA, Challenger was also taking a civilian into space. That's why the Challenger deployment had become a public event on January 28. In 1986, the entire nation was glued to the television. School and college children set up special screens so they could witness the launch. Then there were people standing off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to witness the Challenger take off from its launch site. After years of struggle, the space agency was able to create a public spectacle. There was no doubt that the American nation had rekindled its love affair with space thanks to a schoolteacher who was simply hoping to see space.

It is deeply unfortunate that the nation's happy history. pride and dreams come true turned into tragedy and it only took 73 seconds to master the Space Program, the flight's seven-person crew included payload specialist Christa McAuliff, a school teacher and mother of two who had applied for the teaching position in the agency's Space Program. President Ronald Reagan had declared it in 1984 to inspire students, celebrate teachers and spark interest in mathematics, science and space exploration. The idea was to train the selected teacher as a payload specialist who would bring a valuable lesson to her class once the flight was over. a rigorous process that the agency chose Christa mcauliff Christa had planned two 15-minute lessons that she would teach from the space shuttle just for the Challenger.

NASA had mailed 40,000 applications to future teachers across the United States by the end of the deadline it had received 11,000 complete applications, so Needless to say, the process was very selective and thorough when Christa was chosen to take the flight that was on the moon. Her family and her students knew that going to space was a dream of hers, and in the months after the Challenger launch she trained rigorously in In many ways, as a civilian, Christa was a public relations trap for the space agency. and the American government. Many people speculated that Reagan's plan definitely breathed new life into the space exploration program, but it was simply a symbolic measure to justify funneling billions of dollars into the program. agency, no matter what the government's true intentions were, the impact of bringing Christa into Challenger was quite visceral, she was definitive proof to Americans that putting civilians in space wasn't too good to be true, it was a plausible reality. for thousands of people.

Americans, an average American, could make it to a space shuttle without being a top fighter with fancy science degrees for kids, the immediate message was that dreams come true with these feelings in the hearts of Americans, the teachers at Project Space were movingly beautiful, however, as you know, the Challenger was never a success story, as NASA hoped it would be. As much as the nation was excited for Christa to reach space, she was equally heartbroken when the space shuttle exploded in mid-flight. That's why the space agency canceled the program in 1990, 8 years later, the program was replaced by the astronaut educator project which focused on participants becoming mission specialists for their flights.

Teachers in the space program were also criticized for not being sufficiently transparent about the details of the deployment, for example, the Challenger flight. The risk of failure had already been indicated even before the launch date was decided. Skeptics of the program had noted that it may not be easy for civilians like Christa to fully understand the details mentioned in the preliminary flight reports, but the truth is. The problem was that in addition to the school teacher, six other people had also manned the crew. Were these people unaware of the problems that had plagued the flight or did NASA deliberately hide the protocols from the crew?

The investigation into the explosion was always confusing and subject. Although there are many conspiracy theories, one thing is certain: The space agency rushed the deployment and for the most part dismissed the terrible fate of the Challenger and its crew, the complicated story of the Challen Aller in April 1983. The Challenger became on the second shuttle to reach space before being used. With Disaster, it successfully completed nine Milestone missions in almost 3 years of its deployment, so to give you an exact figure, Challenger spent 62 days, 7 hours, 56 minutes and 22 seconds in space. In addition to its longevity in space, the shuttle was special for other reasons: It had hosted the first spacewalk of the agency's space shuttle program on April 7, 1983, and had also carried the first American and African-American astronauts into space, a feat that the Apollo missions had severely lacked, the Challenger was a good luck charm for the United States, it made perfect sense to turn it into the vehicle of people's dreams, that was not always its destiny, although, it Believe it or not, NASA had made the Challenger a test vehicle.

It was never supposed to accomplish the feat it was scheduled to do in 1986. Rockwell International had begun building the spacecraft in 1975. 3 years later, Lockheed Martin performed structural tests on the Challenger and what the agency discovered was nothing less than worrying. According to the agency itself, there were certain problems with the spacecraft that were difficult to ignore. In a document published by the agency it is explicitly mentioned that the computer models in 1978 were not sufficiently developed to carry out stress tests on the Challenger during various flight modes the spacecraft was approved anyway in 1981 Rockwell had carried out several tests on the Challenger to turn it into a spacecraft the effort took a long time but the American space agency was engaged it was noted that the Rockwell workers had to do a lot to strengthen the wings of the spacecraft, this is probably the reason why that the conversion process took longer than expected;

However, NASA was also desperate because it had scheduled flights for Challenger while it was still in the conversion process, according to the official schedule in which it was expected to go to space. On January 20, 1983, the first tracking and data transmission satellite was launched. It was the same satellite system that astronauts would use to keep in touch with controllers back home. However, technical problems on the Challenger kept arising for many working engineers. It was a miracle that the spacecraft was able to make its April 1983 flight. Initially, the US space agency discovered a hydrogen leak in the aft compartment of the number one main engine during a test flight in December, if that were not enough.

On January 19, 1983, engineers discovered major cracks in the engine that were causing the leak over the following months. NASA did major tests on the spacecraft's main engine. They were sure that the first and second engines were fully functional, but they ultimately had to replace the main engine afterwards. some band-aids and risks the Challenger was launched into space and the story of astronauts Musgrave and Donald Peterson executed the first spacewalk of the shuttle program fortunately no major accidents occurred considering the complicated history of the engine the mission proved to be worthy another feat came a year Next, in April 1984, Challenger made another trip to space, this time to present the first repair of a satellite by an astronaut, but that was not only the surprise factor of Challenger's deployment to reach the non-functional solar maximum . astronaut George Nelson's satellite mission successfully used the human maneuvering unit, the space agency had built the jet-powered backpack so that astronauts could easily fly in space, while the human maneuvering unit had been used before, a time it was Nelson's repair voyage that would become a success story.

The timing of this mission had Nelson demonstrated that Challenger was a worthy candidate for the space agency's space shuttle program. Despite its complicated history of malfunctions and several engine failures, it seemed to have redeemed itself. The 1983 and 1984 missions had eased the space agency's concerns. but of course what happened next was simply unacceptable. The day of the explosion, it was a very cold morning on January 28, 1986, but the American nation did not pay much attention to it. Everyone woke up early and took time to watch the tenth mission of The Challengers. carrying mission commander Francis Scobby, pilot Michael Smith, mission specialists Judith Resnik Ronald McNair and Ellison Onzuka, and payload specialists Gregory Jarvis and Christina McAlli.

The crew was about to embark on the flight of a lifetime when temperatures dropped below freezing. The challenge The engineers were worried. that the integrity of solid rocket booster seals could be compromised at low temperatures, their concerns were ignored after all. NASA had a lot at stake as the public was heavily involved in the event, they had to prove that they kept their promises even if it ended up risking the lives of seven people and billions of taxpayer dollars, so it was a It was obvious that the Challenger would take the flight at 11:38 in the morning, Eastern time, the Challenger began its outward journey and everyone watched as the flight continued its course and people applauded Christa Muli for fulfilling the dream of a common man to witness the wonders of space.

All eyes were on the Challenger after years, an American space mission attracted all the attention of the world's media in every way. Florida I was full of hope and optimism, then it all faded. The children watched the news live as the Challenger exploded into white dust and ash. 73 seconds after launch, it felt like the world had stopped for the first time in NASA history. A space shuttle broke down while still in the process of launching. The space agency commentator tried to console viewers and assured them that theirengineers were investigating the main fault the commentator's exact

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are etched in the minds of the viewers who had tuned in to the live broadcast he said that the F controllers here are very carefully observing the situation, obviously a major malfunction.

The flight controllers here are very carefully observing the situation, obviously a major malfunction. People didn't need any expert opinions, although the images of the disaster told them everything they needed. We know that in a fraction of a second a significant piece of the space shuttle flew into the Atlantic Ocean and then the Challenger disintegrated into thousands of pieces. Spectators watching the launch live could see small pieces of the spacecraft plunging deep into the ocean in the weeks after the disaster, salvage teams and rescue operations recovered pieces of the shuttle, as well as the remains of the seven astronauts, not all of them were found, although everything that the crew could collect was given to the families of the seven unfortunate astronauts, the rest.

The unidentifiable remains were buried in a monument to the Challenger crew located at Arlington National Cemetery. The monument was erected on May 20, 1986, and for the next few days television screens were filled with images of the Seven astronauts and the Y-shaped explosion that had become entrenched. In the minds of the public everyone was simply in disbelief, at the same time as the public mourned the US government and its space agency were struggling to find answers what had happened why the engineers' relentless warnings about who was to blame for the death were ignored. of seven people what we found changed the course of space exploration forever the Rogers commission the immediate consequence of the disaster was the formation of a presidential commission headed by former Secretary of State William Rogers, which is why the court of inquiry became known as the Commission Rogers, in the months following the explosion, the commission reviewed every inch of what was left of Challenger and, of course, the investigation began from the same agency that had given the green signal for its launch;

That was the first time the public learned that the day of the launch was nothing more than a facade, what we saw on television was a majestic launch but behind the scenes the situation was almost deadly in the videos captured by the space agency that never reached television the Rogers commission saw black smoke coming from At the bottom of the right solid booster rocket, the public never saw the smoke. Video of the shuttle flight showed there was nothing dangerous to see. 60 seconds after the burn we saw the flames that engulfed the crew while the rocket continued to move the flame.

It continued to grow larger and larger and eventually engulfed Big Orange's fuel tank in the wake. It also seemed that by the time engineers saw the leak it was too late, the flight was already in the air, however ground data from Challenger showed that there was a There was definitely a propeller leak, but it was too late to do anything about it. How could a space shuttle be aborted when it had taken off? According to news reports published by space.com and other sources, the flame eventually burned through the shuttle's external tank, rupturing the liquid hydrogen tank milliseconds before the right booster collided with the liquid oxygen tank, the two liquids mixing and They exploded destroying the Orbiter with it, there was no turning back as soon as the Challenger took off, the ongr engineers knew it was never going to break through.

Later, it was revealed to the public that the biggest impetus behind the explosion was the freezing temperature of the day. of the launch. The explosion was attributed to a small, almost insignificant-looking part of the spacecraft called an O-ring, while this piece of rubber is tiny, it is also considered the largest potentially catastrophic part of any space shuttle. The O-ring is particularly important as it acts as a seal between the sections of solid rocket boosters, so, being an external part, it is sensitive to a number of factors including adverse weather conditions such as extremely low temperatures. The American nation was surprised to learn that the O-ring only worked in temperatures above 53°, at temperatures below that threshold it would lose all its functionality and people remembered shivering from the cold.

On the day of launch, many weather reports cited that the temperature on the launch pad on the unfortunate morning was 36°C, so at such a low temperature the O-ring had lost all its elasticity, causing the leak 5 months after the disaster, popular theory. Physicist Dr. Richard Fineman showed the public exactly how the shuttle caught fire on live television. He brought a small piece of an O-ring, twisted it, and dipped it in ice water. When he took out the ring, he did not return to his position. original form, meaning it was completely dysfunctional, there was no doubt that the space agency was aware of the temperature discrepancies after one of the shuttle's senior engineers had told them exactly what would happen if they went ahead with the launch, it was going to explode.

Bob Ebling's warning had said as the Rogers commission continued to inform the public about the explosion it became increasingly clear that the space agency had given the green signal for launch despite the unfavorable temperature amid the chaos the space agency received another blow to their so-called credibility when National Public Radio published the accounts of two engineers who had informed their superiors about the explosion that was about to occur in two separate interviews that consisted of much crying and pain, the engineers had said that the problem About the O-rings were identified long before launch, but their concerns were dismissed in 1986.

The identity of these engineers was kept confidential for legal reasons. However, on the 30th anniversary of the explosion, National Public Radio revealed the identity of one of the engineers that Bob Ebling had told. news agency that the night before the launch he and four other engineers had tried to stop the launch while working at NASA contractor Morton Theol in Utah the space agency was moving forward with the coldest launch in its history and tests conducted in Morton theoo revealed that the ferry's rubber protection would not survive the very cold temperatures when Bob attempted to bring his superiors in Florida on board; they shut it down immediately the night before launch;

It was very difficult for him and he had told his wife Darlene that the Challenger would explode, that was the exact statement he had given to his bosses, but it was overruled even then. Bob and his worried fellow engineers had awaited the safe return of the seven people who were about to risk their lives for the same agency that was about to undermine them when the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch Bob and his colleagues were stunned Bob remembers the data from the test report. that he had proven that the O-ring would malfunction and the leak would engulf the shuttle in a scorching fire, the worst part is that Bob blames himself for the deaths of the seven astronauts.

In a recent interview with national public radio, he revealed that he still wishes he had fought harder to stop his bosses from going ahead with the launch, stating that there was no problem in delaying the launch for another day or two, but that for some reason the space agency was adamant about following the established schedule, no one including the Commission Rogers and Bob could understand why that was the case in the words of Bob Ebbling, they had their minds set on going and proving to the world that they were right and that they knew what they were doing, but they didn't know it.

Bob recognized that his bosses had a lot at stake but nothing justified risking precious lives shortly after the Challenger accident. Bob became so depressed that he decided to quit his job. Nothing could convince him that the space agency was not aware of the great risks it ran if the space agency knew that low temperatures would be fatal for Challenger why it approved the launch the case of poor decision making Ultimately the Rogers commission concluded that a serious flaw in the pre-launch decision-making process was something that involved However, NASA engineers at Morton Theo called the agency several times, but none of that mattered in the face of the public relations he was trying to gain.

The space agency was hyperfocused on repurposing the space shuttle program. That type of claim was coupled. with the idea that space flight would be synonymous with air travel, sure there would be some delays here and there, but it would largely be a safe endeavor, the whole plan depended on the functionality of refurbished orbiters like Challenger, delaying the launch would have forced the space agency to acknowledge that perhaps spacecraft reusability was not its strong point, not to mention that the agency was also trying to send a message that space exploration itself would become considerably cheap as it became 5 years after the inaugural launch, the world only witnessed five missions per year, which was a fairly low number compared to the promises the agency had made, there were only four orbiters that could do the job and between the missions, it took a long time to renew them as the US space agency was quite rushed with the schedule, it was very It also likely ignored major problems pointed out by its engineers.

That's exactly what happened to the Challenger in 1986 at that time. The only success of the space tent program was perhaps filling the diversity gap that NASA's own Challenger had given opportunities for scientists, people of color, women, and even civilians, to make something out of it. of themselves. These measures were of only limited interest, although we have already done so. He talked about how Project Space professors had breathed new life into the Space Agency in the context of that hype. The Challenger has already been delayed twice. The original Mission was supposed to fly in 1985, but had several technical problems.

Some more issues dealt with the schedule. It was

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ly decided that the launch would take place in 1986 to maintain the expectation of a master going into space, so the space agency made technical decisions accordingly before the flight, certain satellites and scientific payloads on board had to be deployed as these technical considerations were made before. Until the flight, the space agency did not consider changing the plan at all, everything was fixed and it was time to make sure that the Challenger did what it had to do on any given Tuesday. In the end, the public relations campaign had won and what was left was the last ones. chilling words from the crew the last words from the Challenger crew the biggest mystery surrounding the accident was the question of whether the crew, especially the flight commander and pilot, knew anything about the risky preliminary tests, there was only one way to make that deduction to carefully analyze the recording of the crew's conversation in mid-flight so it seems, it seemed that no member of the crew, except the pilot, could Michel Smith noticed something abnormal in the flight, unfortunately Michael only made his observation in the 73rd second of the fight. a microsecond before the shuttle exploded and ground controllers lost all communication with the ship before the flight caught fire, the crew was having a cheerful conversation, laughter was heard and jokes were made at one point, Michael even marveled of the flight when he said Wow, Challenger's last known words were previously believed to have come from Commander Francis SC OB, who was also known by his nickname Dick, his last recorded words were his conversation with ground controllers when he responded with Roger, He sped up Francis.

He had confirmed that the shuttle's main engines had been raised to full power, everything was going as planned, however, that was not the end. In a heartbreaking moment, the US space agency realized that shuttle pilot Michael had taken note of his impending fate this That's why the crew's last words came from him when he uttered a

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uhoh at the 73rd second. of the flight and then it all fell apart thanks for watching and we'll see you next time.