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I'm Shankar Vedant.
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On January 28, 1986, the Challenger spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral.
And liftoff.
Liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission.
And it has cleared the tower.
Seconds after liftoff, into a clear blue sky, something went wrong.
Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation.
Obviously a major malfunction.
It was much more than a malfunction.
It was a disaster.
As millions of people watched in horror, trails of smoke and debris flew off in different directions.
We have a report from the flight dynamics officer that the vehicle has exploded.
The space shuttle blew up.
Those words flashing across America today.
The Challenger exploded this morning just after a liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
The crew of seven now presumed dead.
After the explosion, NASA officials were hauled to Capitol Hill and put to questioning who finally made that decision to go, what was the chain?