They tried sending teachers into space- it didn't go well

They tried sending teachers into space- it didn't go well | DH The Challenger Disaster: CLIP

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19 күн бұрын

To help rebrand NASA and get kids excited about space, Ronald Reagan launched the "Teach in Space Project." Little did they know, sending teachers aboard the Challenger would end in a catastrophe no one could predict...
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@tjimmer428 17 күн бұрын

My 9th grade science teacher got close to being picked. He wrote Krista a letter of congratulations and she wrote him back. He was watching the shuttle launch live, when it exploded. I can't imagine what must of went through his mind knowing he had a connection to her and the launch.

@lenard765 17 күн бұрын

Did u happen to go to Hilmar high?

@jena.alexia 17 күн бұрын

This is why I believe in destiny/fate/whatever one believes in. Your teacher was not meant to be on board the shuttle. It wasn't his time. Or it could just be a silver lining. Disappointment quickly replaced by relief for not being chosen.

@alisias8365 17 күн бұрын

My 6th grade teacher was also in the running.

@annewagner196 17 күн бұрын

My chemistry teacher was in the final 50. We all watched in horror. He was absolutely devastated. About one year later, he quit teaching. He made chemistry interesting and was a great teacher. He was quite brilliant. 😢

@BelenPeralta1 17 күн бұрын

Was he one of the finalists?

@jenniferriske1328 17 күн бұрын

I watched it as a kindergartner on the TV in the gym. I’ll never forget it. My mom said that my school sent home information about how to deal with the trauma of watching it and how to help the children understand and grieve. I thought my elementary school was pretty advanced for thinking this.

@SamanthaFl 17 күн бұрын

I went to school with Christa McAuliffe's niece. I remember going out to the school parking lot to watch the Challenger launch. When it blew up hearing her niece crying out in sorrow in that parking lot was so devastating. We were all so proud of her aunt. Its something I will never forget.

@Allisonmarie567 17 күн бұрын

This just broke my heart 💔💔😭😭

@marysummer08 17 күн бұрын

Core childhood memory, every part of the day we lost the Challenger crew. My mother pulled me out of school to teach me about it and spend the day together.

@NatashaCreatesThings 17 күн бұрын

Wow that was so healthy of her if that makes sense. I don’t even remember my parents talking about it to me even though I saw it in class. Great job by your mom

@mariakempf3625 17 күн бұрын

Being from Houston and close to NASA , I got to know a lot of the astronauts. It was such an emotional event. Everyone was watching from home, school and work. Our whole office was watching. It's still a hard memory to relive. We were so excited for krista mccullough to be the first teacher.

@lisakinley1504 17 күн бұрын

This happened during my freshman year in high school. We were going to have a "lesson" during an entire school assembly. All of my teachers were in tears after the Challenger blew up.

@juleeforget-me-not8909 17 күн бұрын

They conducted a mass trauma event It was a psychological warfare attack. All of those people were assigned new identities. Go down the rabbit hole.

@lizheather247 16 күн бұрын

I was a freshman too! We were watching in my English class. It was so sad.

@dalphinezara7879 15 күн бұрын

@lizheather247 where is astronaut payload specialist1 and first teacher in space particate christa mcauliffe's grave? new jersey or new hampshire

@christineb629 17 күн бұрын

Bailey, thank you for sharing Christa McAuliffe's story. She was my teacher in 1983/1984. We all watched this tragedy on TV at school. We were all torn apart and devastated. While she was a strict teacher, she was also the kind of teacher who always made herself available when her students needed her. Watching this has brought back fond memories of Ms. McAuliffe and my hurt and sadness from January 28, 1986.

@evelynwitt2529 17 күн бұрын

I can relate to having one of those type of teachers but never will be able to relate to what you went through knowing this teacher. I bet she was the kind of teacher that though strict had a smile for everyone. I had that sort of teacher for biology class. She was always there to answer questions just as you described Christa McAuliffe. I know it was an honor knowing her.

@urustai 17 күн бұрын

Your teacher was the closest I ever got to idolizing a regular person (not a celebrity or athlete) when I was a kid.

@dalphinezara7879 17 күн бұрын

It's a horrorful day of christa mcauliffe go to the space

@joanbradley1735 16 күн бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss she was a great person my heart always felt for Steve and her family and school kids .

@JoyJoy-tm6uj 17 күн бұрын

We were in elementary school when this happened. Our entire school had TVs pulled into the classrooms to watch the launch live. Still remember this! It was awful!!!

@vixentlc 17 күн бұрын

Mass trauma worldwide

@luceromanjarrez349 17 күн бұрын

I can’t imagine kids seeing that.

@desertgypsy13 17 күн бұрын

I saw it too, I was in 3rd grade. I still remember the explosion like yesterday. Our teacher couldn't turn the TV off fast enough. Such a tragedy for her children, husband, family, and all those watching. 😢

@xxgeegersxx 17 күн бұрын

Same!

@Imandria 17 күн бұрын

Same, I was in 5th grade. Both of our classes were watching together on a TV in a little common area between our classes.

@jennfromak 17 күн бұрын

Watching this live in a school room. My teacher was so happy to share this with us. When it blew up, my teacher fell to the ground in sobs. I remember her crying. "She was my best friend. How did this happen?" It was heart breaking, still is.

@heavenleigh2463 16 күн бұрын

I have questions….. lol. Was your teacher friends with Christa? Or were they friends in her head?

@GenXHeart 17 күн бұрын

Growing up in NH we felt such pride even though Crista wasn't from our school. I was in study hall... I just remember the excitement as they wheeled in the TV and the complete silence as they unplugged it and wheeled it back out. I don't remember tears, just absolute silence. I think everyone was in shock.

@spumoni9713 17 күн бұрын

I remember being a kid in school and watching this....I cant even imagine the families of those on the shuttle who were there and watching....so incredibly sad!

@ShaeLaughter 17 күн бұрын

It was my 6th birthday when the challenger was met with disaster. We (my Kindergarten class) took a field trip to watch the Challenger lift off from the viewing stations. I didn’t live far. Just south from NASA. I thought the explosion was part of the show. Us kids were confused. It’s forever engrained into all of our memories. All of us in this generation. Classrooms had a live feed all across America. While parents were working…most missing lift off. K-12 were watching it. Devastating.

@MelissaThompson432 17 күн бұрын

I was in kindergarten in 1963, and my teachers dragged in a tv and showed us live footage of the shooting of JFK. I mean, I don't guess they showed The Moment Of, but it was still pretty devastating. Adults....

@ShaeLaughter 17 күн бұрын

@@MelissaThompson432 oh my goodness! I wasn’t aware they televised this into classrooms. This must have been tragic for you. 😣

@MelissaThompson432 17 күн бұрын

@@ShaeLaughter it was a private kindergarten. I went home and told my mother, it isn't the sort of thing you should show to little kids. I was right between the ages of Caroline and John-John and I couldn't stop thinking about them not having a daddy. At least the people letting kids watch the Challenger didn't know beforehand; didn't turn on the TV _because_ something horrible had happened. Anyway. I get how you must have felt at the time. In 86 I was nearly 30, and I still didn't want to think about Ms. McAuliffe's big adventure ending so badly.

@donnamerriman416 17 күн бұрын

I’m 74. I watched it live. Horrendous.

@Swampwytch 17 күн бұрын

This will forever be a core memory.. we all gathered around to watch the launch and cheer on the crew😢 so very sad...

@marisacastilo2079 17 күн бұрын

I was in 4th grade when this happened. I was the first kid in the classroom that morning walked in and found my teacher Mrs Ramon sobbing inconsolably. I'd never seen an adult cry like that. We watched it on the news for hours that day. I'll never forget that day

@leesacoles9154 17 күн бұрын

I remember when this happened. I was watching at school 😢

@jenn5579 17 күн бұрын

“Get in losers we’re going to mars” 😭

@dabest444u 17 күн бұрын

Can’t wait for the full version!!! Stop teasing us Bailey 😩😩😩

@christianallen8211 17 күн бұрын

I was in 1st Grade and my teacher watched it happen. She showed our class that video and I will never forget it. May they rest peacefully.

@msbrooksie7812 17 күн бұрын

Same.

@kathycooper3594 17 күн бұрын

Looking forward to this video. I remember that day!

@elenap.s6711 17 күн бұрын

I'm so happy you're covering this story because it shook me as a kid and I was so sad but curious about how this could happen

@GenXScorpio 16 күн бұрын

I remember being in 3rd grade and watching this. It's one of those memories you'll never forget, like what you were doing that day. It's like when people think back to 9/11 and they can remember what they were doing before, during, and after.

@starwarsgirl076 17 күн бұрын

I was in 4th grade. My teacher brought in a camping TV for us to see history made. Devastated wasn't even the word. I remember it like it was yesterday.

@dalphinezara7879 17 күн бұрын

Lisa was a youngest sister of astronaut payload specialist1 and first teacher in space particate christa mcauliffe but she is reapprear in netflix space shuttle docu named challenger final flight she had lost from people's sight after her's second sister has dead in space shuttle launch unsucceed

@rachelrivera6143 17 күн бұрын

I went to the middle school that was named after Christa Mcauliff and they had some of the best teachers there it's been over 20 years now and they have since expanded thier campus there are stories that it's haunted at night but I've never experienced any spiritual activity. When her shuttle exploded I was in elementary living in Florida they took us outside to see the shuttle going up little did we know it exploded as we were watching go up but I was in elementary so I did not have the slightest clue what I witnessed😢😢 😢😢😢

@gemeralderin 17 күн бұрын

That with my classmates maybe 3rd grade. We all gasped and cried. Our teacher let us take the rest of the day off from school work. I still wanted to be an astronaut. Sally Ride was my hero. And we all felt like Mrs McAuliffe was our teacher. Too bad astronaut wasn't a job anymore by the time I got to college. This was such a tragedy. 😢

@cjinpa5713 17 күн бұрын

Watched that launch live in school. And the blowup.

@ga40d23 16 күн бұрын

My paternal grandparents and great grandparents lived in Cocoa, Florida. I was a toddler, so I don’t remember it, but my family was watching it from the front yard. Some where in a tote there’s an album with photos of this. I remember growing up hearing them talk about it. Launch days were cool to experience being that close to Kennedy Space center. Mamaw had a brick home, but all her decorative wall stuff would rattle and shake when rockets were going up. It was so common, she’d look up from her paper and say “I didn’t know there was a launch today.” And then went right back to reading.

@sarahdee434 17 күн бұрын

It was such an exciting time! I even had a super cute astronaut Cabbage Patch doll that they made because of the Challenger launch. Our 3rd grade class watched in the school library. Such a horrific tragedy. We were all stunned. Teachers didn’t know what to say. Just so incredibly sad.

@cindyhesson9213 16 күн бұрын

Yea, I had just dropped off my kids at school and come home to coffee and watching it on tv. My kids were all going to watch it at school !! I got my kids out early and prayed for the victims and families 🙏

@evelynwitt2529 17 күн бұрын

I was a senior in high school and recall watching it on TV in classrooms. TV stations reran it over and over again. It was horrid to see that. Something I will never forget.

@nicoley1286 16 күн бұрын

I was born this day, my mom said the entire hospital was in tears. Sad day.

@emmamoffit5196 17 күн бұрын

I was in 5th grade. This is one of those moments that stick in your head. I will never forget that day. We were watching in our classroom.

@ogregirl23 17 күн бұрын

I was skipping school that day so I was home watching the TV when it happened. My brother was there as well so, I turned to look at him mortified. All I could think of was those kids she was a teacher too and her loved ones. Bc you know they were all watching too the horror they must have felt. Just crushing

@sweetred72 17 күн бұрын

My 8th grade science teacher was in the running for this, but didn't make the cut. We watched it live in her classroom with news cameras there... it was surreal. Everyone burst into tears. So tragic. Those poor people and their families.

@MarisolHaunting 16 күн бұрын

My mom pulled her application to be the teacher sent to space because I was born. My grandparents lived close enough they were in the crowd watching it in person. When my grandma passed I was going through her photo albums and found a picture of a cloud that was circled. Took me a minute to decipher her handwriting to realize it was a picture of the Challenger explosion from the ground

@kellikrueger7685 17 күн бұрын

I was in 5th grade. Our whole school went outside to watch every launch. Being in Orlando, we always had a decent view. I still remember watching it happen.

@monalisarox78 17 күн бұрын

Hey Bailey, years ago I watched a conspiracy video that suggested this was a hoax and showed that all of the challenger’s passengers are still alive. I can’t remember much but I do remember being convinced.

@Kinann 17 күн бұрын

Still convinced now?

@pinecone1321 17 күн бұрын

I was in college, such a sad day. Y'all elementary aged commenters, it breaks my ❤ this was a core memory. The teachers must have been so traumatized to be in charge of such an emotional experience. 😢😢😢

@Niaamc79 16 күн бұрын

I lived an hour away Kennedy Space Center. I was in the 3rd grade. We went outside to watch the launch. It was so sad when it blew up. 😢

@foo_pans1801 17 күн бұрын

We were watching in my 6th grade classroom. I remember being completely confused at what happened. It was tragic.

@viviennegasson4961 17 күн бұрын

I was a young(ish) adult when this event occurred. I can remember seeing the explosion but looking for some sort of parachute that would hold the crews capsule. It never came and I just went into shock. I couldn’t believe it. Seven people dead and all those who knew them who had just lost friend/family was just so shocking

@1GinnyMe1 17 күн бұрын

I was in 11th grade when this happened. It's still engrained in my brain that I will never forget.

@crystalneesmorgan7003 17 күн бұрын

I remember watching this live. It was unbelievable and heartbreaking...

@yvonnebrown324 17 күн бұрын

I watched this in grade school, so sad! I can't wait for this episode!!!

@heatherfortier8 17 күн бұрын

I was in 5th grade when this happened and I live in NH, the teacher in the 4th grade class the next room over was best friends with Krista. It was a very traumatic day, I still remember it like it was yesterday.

@patriciavasquez3367 17 күн бұрын

.... I was a sophomore in high school when that happened.... it was crazy and so sad for the teachers.....

@alyssiaconterez7307 17 күн бұрын

This story has a connection to the local history in my town. I live in Woodbine, Ga. A tiny town in Southeast Georgia. During the Vietnam war there was a company called THIOKOL CHEMICALS that had a contract with the government to make trip flares for the war. In 1971, the factory , sadly exploded and 29 people were killed due to the safety standards not being great. It took the victims families 17 years in court to get compensation and they got only a fraction of what they asked for. There is a short doc about it on PBS called Reel South.

@tankmacnamara3734 17 күн бұрын

I'm familiar with Woodbine. I used to live in Darien

@kaelizjo 16 күн бұрын

My 8th grade science teacher got close to being picked as well!! I’m 30 and her passion for science is still a vivid memory for me ❤️

@maceel4255 17 күн бұрын

This was so emotional for us. I remember being home from school that day and waking up to a rumble (explosion) me and my dad had to turn the tv on and saw what happened. So so very sad.

@DoYouWantTaBeFree 17 күн бұрын

I was in the 3rd grade and we were home on a snow day (I lived in PA at the time) when the Challenger disaster happened. I was super pumped about the mission because I was exposed to a lot of space stuff growing up. My dad, being an engineer, was very into the space program (as a hobbyist) and even applied to the astronaut program. I remember watching it on TV. It was awful. I went on to become and engineer myself and even worked at NASA as an ISS project engineer for a couple years. This was one of the pivotal events of my lifetime. The other was the 9/11 attacks.

@briepierce6744 16 күн бұрын

My mother and I were just talking about this the other day. It’s just wild that she competed with so many to just die for all to see.

@ana-nv5wc 17 күн бұрын

Bailey !!! Please bring back your 24/7 stream !!!

@erin6692 15 күн бұрын

I was reading about this recently because there is more than one tribute to Christa in my town and I have no idea why. It’s a small city in Michigan. What blew my mind is that there was a backup teacher to go if Christa couldn’t. Clearly, Christina was able to go and we know what happened. The next one this backup teacher was going to go on was the Columbia in 2004. She couldn’t go because the Columbia fell apart on re-entry in 2003. She did ultimately go on a shuttle mission but ain’t no way I’d go if I was there. There’s not many space shuttles that had that happen and she was supposed to be on two of them. 😭 Her name is Barbara Morgan.

@Sharonscrystals 17 күн бұрын

I remember watching this live on TV. I was actually home from school that day and Saw it happen live

@Mielououou 17 күн бұрын

I remember watching this on the news vividly. It was so sad 😔

@Owl11011 17 күн бұрын

love you Bailey you're the best!!!!! thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@MelissaGarner-gx6yr 17 күн бұрын

I remember watching the launch and explosion at school 😞😢

@kellzwillz1592 17 күн бұрын

I was in elementary school and my science teacher applied. She didn’t get it….. we watched live in classroom. Such a confusing moment as a child in elementary school. So awful. 😢

@_lindsay_ 17 күн бұрын

I live in NH. I was in middle school when this happened. We were watching it on tv when the space shuttle exploded.😢

@lenard765 17 күн бұрын

I was in 9th grade at Hilmar high. Our science teacher was in the running to go .. we were so disappointed he wasn't chosen... Watching that explode was absolutely insane.. all tho we hated our science teacher, we were happy he wasn't chose

@teresababinat6004 16 күн бұрын

I remember this. Was such a loss

@c4corvettegirl235 17 күн бұрын

I remember watching this live on TV in school. 😢

@occym7560 17 күн бұрын

Of all the disasters that have happened in my lifetime, this one has stayed with me. I was about 7 when it happened and I could never get rid of the feeling of dread whenever I saw anything about Challenger. Still can't.

@DrSimpleBeauty 17 күн бұрын

I was 14. We watched the Challenger launch and explode live on tv during class (the entire school did). 😱 The launch should have delayed from that technical issue. The public cared less than NASA did. Everyone was already used to delays.

@80sGamerLady 17 күн бұрын

I was actually in kindergarten when the Challenger exploded and I remember watching it on TV. Not quite understanding why all the teachers went silent and why they werent going to space or why the tv was turned off. It didnt quite click with my brain at the time.

@gldnsunrising7761 17 күн бұрын

I watched this go down on the front lawn of my school when I was in 4th grade. Native Floridian here. I live 10 mins from the Space center.

@StrawberryPhys 17 күн бұрын

I remember this! Crazy

@TheJIZBEANO1 17 күн бұрын

This is a Mandala effect, some people remember them surviving. 😮 Crazy dimensions!

@mandyb2245 17 күн бұрын

I turned 4 in 1986. I didn't know about the Challenger explosion until my teen years, though.

@user-pu8bk4xd9q 16 күн бұрын

Happy Thursday Bailey ❤

@tabithapalmer5948 17 күн бұрын

I was 10 yrs old and we watched it in school

@TheAutumnGypsy 17 күн бұрын

I was 12 years old and had been allowed to stay home from school to watch the space shuttle launch on television as I had for several of them because I wanted to be an astronaut and was obsessed with space . That was the last space shuttle launch I ever watched. As I'm writing this, I can hear NASA testing a rocket engine.

@TheYoghurt42 13 күн бұрын

I can't believe you didn't include the iconically understated line from mission control "obviously a serious malfunction" after the shuttle exploded

@karekausnicolli4890 17 күн бұрын

I remember that! I was a senior in college! So tragic!!!

@cindys.9688 17 күн бұрын

I remember.😢 I was pregnant with my daughter. It was so heartbreaking.💔 Never knew that Big Bird was invited. Thankfully he was given a "no". Saved Carroll's life. Hard to wrap my head around how many kids were watching that. In their classrooms. All across America!😢 The Challenger crew will never be forgotten. They died tragically yet heroically.🥀

@CowGirlKat8691 17 күн бұрын

Our teacher in Idaho was nearly chosen too. Sadly I remember people disgustingly 'joking' that NASA stood for need another seven Astronauts... 😡😡😡

@johnr4836 17 күн бұрын

Sounds like a bad idea

@theresataylor6675 17 күн бұрын

I remember watching this on TV as it was happening. It was so sad.

@kameranh.144 17 күн бұрын

My great grandfather actually worked for both NASA and Lockheed and was one of the people who helped build the challenger shuttle. What position he had and what he did on it though, I’m not sure.

@NekoNebula1313 16 күн бұрын

Thanks this was interesting 🤔

@michelleanderson6252 17 күн бұрын

I was in 7th grade when it happened Science class. We all asked the teacher if we could go outside and watch it and she said "No, if you see one space shuttle go up you have seen them all. I could've believed a science teacher would say that. Kids were running up and down the halls she opened the door to see what the commotion was and the kids said the space shuttle blew up. We all cried.

@mayraramirez5484 17 күн бұрын

My high school gym was named after Ellison Onizuka. Grew up hearing about him and the tragedy

@MephistoAngel 5 күн бұрын

We heard it explode over us as we lived in the East Texas area the debris rained down on. It was traumatic to say the least. They kept finding debris all around us for months

@speedymcweeniemom8556 11 күн бұрын

Yep I’ll always remember we were watching in my first grade class,

@leedavis3704 14 күн бұрын

They knew those rubber rings were not functioning properly and were told not to continue the flight plan , and the people in charge just ignored it and sent the ship off anyway, it’s disgusting!

@Katarina-ds5mj 17 күн бұрын

I was in college and in between classes so I got to see this. It was awful to watch. Even more awful when I learned about the O rings.

@morelife8700 17 күн бұрын

I remember this. I was on my way to algebra class and when I got there the teacher said the lesson was cancelled due to the launch and then she wheeled in the tv…yes wheeled……we watched it live

@jamiewalden8548 16 күн бұрын

I remember faking sick that day. I wanted to watch the Launch and I didn't know the school would be showing it. I was so scared when I saw the rocket explode.

@jennifercarlin-goldberg1125 15 күн бұрын

My class wrote her a letter, 2nd or 3rd grade. We all wrote a short note and our names. We watched it live, too. I felt numb for days. It was so awful.

@dokidokidokidokidoki 17 күн бұрын

saw this in school. watched it explode live when i was 5 :c

@janellejanjan 14 күн бұрын

My geometry teacher was in the running to go up and knew Krista. We were watching in homeroom but we heard her screams throughout the building. A very surreal time

@christaloney4501 17 күн бұрын

From NH and I was 6 years old and 1 frist grade this happen and I still remember they gave us the next 2 days off from school then teacher explaining to us what happen.... then in high school they bring us to the science center in her name. Talk about messed up

@JillMcCA 17 күн бұрын

One of my teachers applied to the program and knew Krista.

@feralaeroapparel 17 күн бұрын

Lol I'm literally watching this subject on the "What Lurks Beneath" KZfaq channel right now, I just stopped to address it notification😅

@DallasJshonTV 17 күн бұрын

Dallas was here :)

@pinzieoatmeal578 17 күн бұрын

I was in 1st grade. We all watched it happen in class. 😭

@CarolineWessonFLGirl 17 күн бұрын

My dad was friends with Judith Resnick's husband (they all went to school in Bethesda, Maryland where I was born (not raised) and where my parents grew up and my dad got his M.D, he was in the Navy as well), her husband's name was Michael. But just a weird little coincidence.