let's head up on the stool there I'm
here put on the shirts jackets we need
the jacket zip really why don't we zip
them up goes out right I haven't asked
okay good
mr.
be careful when you're adjusting the
camp jettison no I think it depends ow
in the bags like this
screw this thing in a lot of mana please
it's good in you know it'll open up this
valve go ahead and plate it more patient
something happens
control together and rope bag that's
your Scott you know the Rope bag over
for that's the tether headset to
carabiner find the MSC
we've got the line coming in here it's
wrapped around the bar in the middle of
three and a half times and almost any
tension at all on this create enough
friction to confusing stuff before I let
up on it you still go at a fairly slow
rate
55 feet
before
for
35 on a actually drifted after
six day 20 of them you're getting a very
concentrated
you know they not in here
Paige read the endorphin but you know
you'll see things at the same kind of
time frame you're seeing it now it is a
little different
no way no way this is dr. Phil this is
my say the bag will look different it's
a bigger bag 3d yes
now where we are now you're going to be
upstairs
of course - OH - that helps out this
camera will here arrow so if right at
the end I could get everybody
everybody everybody could come over if
you want to gently come round yeah I
think that would be nice
I think oh that's gonna be great this
cameras gonna talk about the gallery and
our crews galley the locker the
treadmill where's the other seats
they're all year long and then the crew
will come over shove it in okay
hey in here like to be so slippery
good afternoon I'd like to introduce to
you the commander of sts-1
he will introduce the rest of his crew
and they'll say a few words
our fans are over here in the corner as
usual it's a real pleasure to be at the
Cape to come down here and participate
in something that the Cape does better
than anybody in the world and that's
launching space vehicles it's a it's a
great pleasure for us to be here we
expect weather like this on Sunday when
we launch and you all do the best to
keep it that way if you would and what
I'll do is introduce the next crew
member we'll just go down the line with
everybody say a little a little bit as
we go and I'd like to introduce my pilot
Mike Smith who's one of the best fliers
in the world and he's great to have him
in the shuttle and I'm glad to have him
aboard as a pilot so here's Mike thanks
dick let me echo what dick said about
it's good to be down here and to be
flying a vehicle that we know a lot of
folks down here worked very hard on we
understand it's ready to go and we're
looking forward to going to fly I'm one
of the three people on board who's this
and it will be my first time to fly
christa mcauliffe and Greg Jarvis well
it will also be their first time we're
just all looking forward to getting on
over them getting the secret handshake
I'd like to introduce now Judy Resnik
she's a she's our center seater and I
keep sticking hi honest on the system
problems well I - I'm glad to be here
one more time and I am hoping that the
the affliction that Steve Hawley had
from the 41 D mission mission
specialists of the delays hasn't rubbed
off on me and I think the guys behind me
are hoping that it hasn't also otherwise
they might throw me off the flight and I
will now introduce lol Onizuka
let me say that it's really a pleasure
to be back looking forward to going to
fly this one I think we got some real
interesting payloads
the mission is a great mission we're
looking forward to it and I think we're
ready to go fly thanks for being out
here today I forgot the one thing I was
supposed to do let me introduce Ron
McNair was going to be doing a lot of
work with the Spartan Halley mission and
carrying on a lot of the experiments
that will be going on in the crew
compartment again I like to echo the
pain of my crew members that we look
forward to returning launching from the
cake first of all and returning here a
few days later I had the privilege of
being a part of the crew a couple years
ago that made the first landing here at
the cake and I intend to be a part of
the crew to make the first return
landing to the cake in about a week at
this time I like to introduce you or to
a perhaps the person you came to see and
that's Christa McAuliffe our payload
specialist teachers faith well I am so
excited to be here
we watched Columbia go over the Houston
area this morning and that was a thrill
I don't think any teacher has ever been
more ready to have two lessons in my
life I've been preparing these in
September and I just hope everybody
Tunes in on day four now to watch the
teacher teaching from space I'd like to
introduce to you someone who's going to
be in my second lesson Greg Jarvis the
payload specialist from Hughes
it's a great pleasure finally to get
this far I'm very proud to be part of
the program at NASA and use the put
together and I'm glad to be representing
the use aircraft companies their payload
specialist without any further ado I'll
log get off the stage you can all get
going
thank you very much
and then we have commander dick Scobee
sitting beside pilot Mike Smith in front
of the traditional cake featuring
Halley's Comet and a apple for the
teacher Judy Resnik on the Left mission
specialist along with Ron McNair and
payload specialist Greg Jarvis all
members of the 51l crew and they're
going to give it another shot today
there they are
the crew of Mission 51l including
teacher and space participant and the
first private citizen to fly in space
Christa McAuliffe this is shuttle launch
control at t-minus two minutes 20 mu 2
hours 28 minutes and Counting here comes
the 51 L flight crew boarding the
elevator for the second time in two days
ready to depart the ONC building for the
launch pad and they'll ride down the
three floors to the main level where
they will lost exit the ONC building
traditionally met by the members of the
media who are standing by waiting to
document and this is the work crew here
that
very active in preparing the 51l mission
as the operations and check-out building
the payloads which include a tigress
satellite trot and Hali experiment and
you can like so now
Ron McNair pilot Mike Smith followed by
Christa McAuliffe featuring faith
Ellison Onizuka and payload specialist
Greg Jarvis big smiles today confidently
getting into the van here going below to
that Pat and attempt of second try
seconds long
second try at launch today
and the first crew member
commander dick Scobee now in the white
room taking off his jacket along with
Mike Smith who is the the pilot
t-minus 15 seconds
Jimenez Callan man eight seven six we
have main engine start four three two
one and liftoff liftoff of the 25th
space shuttle mission and it has cleared
the tower
good roll program confirmed challenger
now heading down range
engines beginning throttling down now
have 94% normal models for most of the
flight 104 percent will throttle down to
65% shortly engines at 65% three engines
running normally three good fuel cells
triggered ap use velocity 2257 feet per
second altitude four point three
nautical miles downrange distance three
nautical miles engines throttling up
three inches now 104 percent of
Challenger go at throttle up minute 15
seconds velocity 2,900 feet per second
altitude nautical miles downrange
distance 7.5
flight controllers here looking very
carefully at the situation obviously a
major malfunction
we have no downlink
this is Mission Control Houston we have
no additional word at this time
the boys from the flight dynamics
officer indicate that the vehicle
apparently exploded and that impact in
the water have a point approximately
twenty eight point six four degrees
north eighty point two to eight degrees
west we are awaiting verification from
as to the location of the recovery
forces in the field to see what may be
possible at this point that button
termed
liftoff Roger roll Challenger good roll
flight rats good roll three at
sixty-five sixty-five photo t del
confirm struggles thank you
challenger go at throttle up
sideout trajectories
oh yeah why'd you say we've had negative
conduct lost apparently okay all
operators watch you data carefully
flight file until they get stuff back
he's on his cue card for import loads
fly jc- down like copy
flight righto great RSO reports vehicle
exploded
copy Saito can we get any reports from
recovery forces stay mild
right Oh fight go ahead to the RSO does
have an impact point Stabler
okay everybody stay off the telephones
make sure you maintain all your data
start pulling it together
I don't fight go answer are the LSO's on
the loop we can get them get them up on
this loop please oh you're off yes sir
NLCS help okay there any forces headed
out that way yes sir DoD LSO reports
that all SAR forces have been scrambled
and they are annoying a large-scale
search effort was initiated to recover
the space shuttle debris 22 ships six
underwater search vessels and 33
aircraft participated in the operation
the pieces recovered initially were
those found floating on the surface the
submarine fleet was used to locate and
inspect underwater debris objects
identified as being important to the
investigation were retrieved 50% of the
entire vehicle was recovered in the
effort
papi will advise when we have any
further four to nine I'll come around to
zero zero zero 1800 rpm okay we're gonna
try to catch up the point wrong oh great
steady Bob I got you got it
no idea
we have a video release of the way in
which the fragments from the STS 51l
accident are being brought back and
after being cleaned up are being laid
out on a grid in the KSC logistics
facility you'll notice that they're
being placed on a grid drawn on the
floor in conformance with the National
Transportation Safety Board's normal
procedures the view sown on the video
tape is taken looking from a corner of
the facility along the port side of the
left side of the orbiter from the tail
looking forward toward the nose
you
we come together today to mourn the loss
of seven brave Americans to share the
grief that we all feel and perhaps in
that sharing to find the strength to
bear our sorrow and the courage to look
for the seeds of hope our nation's loss
is first a profound personal loss to the
family the friends and the loved ones of
our shuttle astronauts the best we can
do is remember our seven astronauts our
Challenger seven remember them as they
lived bringing life and love and joy to
those who knew them and pride to a
nation they came from all parts of this
great country from South Carolina to
Washington State Ohio to Mohawk New York
Hawaii to North Carolina to Concord New
Hampshire they were so different yet in
their mission their quest they held so
much in common the future is not free
the story of all human progress is one
of a struggle against all odds we
learned again that this America which
Abraham Lincoln called the last best
hope of man on earth
was built on heroism and noble sacrifice
it was built by men and women like our
seventh star voyagers who answered a
call beyond duty who gave more than was
expected or required and who gave it
little thought of worldly reward today
the frontier is space and the boundaries
of human knowledge sometimes when we
reach for the stars we fall short but we
must pick ourselves up again and press
on despite the pain
our nation is indeed fortunate that we
can still draw on immense reservoirs of
courage character and fortitude that
we're still blessed with heroes like
those of the space shuttle Challenger
dick Mike
Judy L Ron Greg and Kristin your
families in your country mourn your
passing we bid you goodbye we will never
forget you may God bless you all and
give you comfort in this difficult time