Thirty-five years ago today, the world watched the space shuttle Challenger explode seconds after takeoff...
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00:00It was just the shadow was in one piece in the in the water.
00:18I really didn't think that they would be dead.
00:21They were just so helpless and it didn't seem fair.
00:24We weren't looking for something to go wrong.
00:26You know, we're just like oh that's supposed to happen.
00:30It was just a shadow.
00:49Here comes the flight crew now.
00:51Commander Dick Scobie followed by Mission Specialist
00:55Ron McNair, Pilot Mike Smith followed by
00:59Crystal McAuliffe, Teacher in Space
01:02Ellison Onizuka and Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis.
01:06Big smiles today.
01:24Oh, she's so nice.
01:41She's just a real caring, kind person.
01:44She just, she's like a, well, she's kind of like a big sister to me kind of.
01:49I just, she's just really special.
01:56And I want to say something to the school children of America
02:21who are watching the live coverage of the shuttle's takeoff.
02:25I know it's hard to understand we will never forget them
02:28nor the last time we saw them this morning
02:31as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye
02:35and slipped the surly bonds of Earth
02:38to touch the face of God.
03:24High quality people in a very visible, very dramatic way.
03:28It's bound to be kind of psychologically have a very broad impact.