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VideoOTD…Jan. 28 and STS-51L
Today in 1986...Space shuttle Challenger and her seven astronaut crew were lost during launch.
Reporters remember Challenger coverage
Veteran CBS News correspondent Bruce Hall was not on the air when the shuttle Challenger blasted off 30 years ago Thursday. It was, after all, the 25th shuttle flight, the first of 16 planned for 1986, and news agencies were backing off expensive, remote coverage of what increasingly appeared to be a routine event.
Challenger remembered
Thirty years after the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated in the clear, cold sky high above Cape Canaveral, the commander's widow no longer feels anger at NASA and the management missteps and schedule pressure that kept the orbiters flying despite a fatal flaw in their solid-fuel boosters.
The Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Investigation
A NASA video on the investigation into the Challenger accident of January 28, 1986. The video was created by the STS 51-L Data and Design Analysis Task Force which contributed to the Presidential Commission that investigated the tragedy. (Membership required)
Engineering film footage of the final shuttle launch
Relive the final space shuttle mission with this slow-motion film footage of Atlantis' launch from the Kennedy Space Center on July 7, 2011. (Membership Required)
STS-114 Post-Flight Presentation
The crew of STS-114, the first shuttle flight after the 2003 Columbia accident, present video from their mission and answer questions from the audience at Space Center Houston. (Membership required.)
VideoOTD…Oct. 23 and STS-120
#OTD in 2007...Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories
OTD…Oct. 14 and Endeavour
#OTD in 2012...Shuttle reaches retirement roost in sunny SoCal
OTD…Oct. 13 and Endeavour
#OTD in 2012...Crowds cheer as Endeavour traverses though Los Angeles