The Most Emotional Space Shuttle Launch 🥹🚀 | The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth – BBC

And then it’s b boom you don’t quite expect it to be as powerful everybody is just so emotional and it’s hard not to not to cry and then the moment came you know the moment where the launch was coming each family came together and kind of were uh hugging and holding each

Other you know just really getting emotional about this and then the lunch sequence starts to happen 11 10 the weird thing is that uh you see that flash and you see that smoke coming up and it’s like whoa well that sucks there’s no sound and so you’re like what the and

Then it’s b boom You don’t quite expect it to be as powerful you feel your insid shaking and vibrating from this huge sound everybody is just so emotional and um it’s hard not to not to Cry for me it’s like the star spangle Banner playing it’s incredibly visceral and uh emotive and inspirational the international research Mission finally underway colia you s your go at throttle up we copy go at throttle up

The families of the STS-107 crew are filled with emotion as they watch Shuttle Columbia launch into space. 🚀 #TheSpaceShuttleThatFellToEarth #iPlayer

In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America. The astronauts’ families and Nasa staff share personal stories of the launch, unfolding disaster and fallout.
As Nasa prepares Space Shuttle Columbia for its 28th mission, excitement and trepidation build amongst the astronauts and their families as they count down to launch. This programme hears from the seven astronauts – a mixture of veterans and rookies – and their families as they train for an awe-inspiring journey of a lifetime.
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  1. When you think about it, it’s millions of hours of human temerity and bravery, sweat and tears, trial and error that went into such an incredible mechanical choreography. To think that the best of humanity works on this makes me feel a kind of way. Awe. Yes.

  7. I cry too. I feel proud ❤. They never return back right. Is this the one that went with 7 people.😢. My sister fire a candle for all of them after hearing what happen. 😢

  14. ffs did the management at NASA not learn from Challenger. Losing 7 highly trained astronauts through management overriding engineering is bad but 14 is irresponsible at a minimum. You have the engineer worried about his career and the female manager who shut down the alternatives to gain visibility of the actual damage who was not worried about 7 lives. Furthermore it is cringing to say the least watching those who defended the poor decision making…. not asking the crew to look out of the window because it would delay science experiments, how long does it take to look out at say shift handover off duty crew check….no space walk as there was danger and risk to damage the shuttle … well no more than was incurred at the end. Unbelievable decisions made at the expense of 7 peoples lives and the ongoing impacts to their families. Even as a Brit I have always loved NASA but no more, I cannot forgive this second failing of their management reponsibilities to the Astronaur crew and families.

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