Rare amateur video captures Challenger tragedy

13:37 21 February 2012

Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV


A rare amateur video of the Challenger shuttle disaster has surfaced in Hicksville, New York, over 25 years after the tragic event when seven astronauts lost their lives.

Captured by registered nurse Bob Karman, the chilling raw footage was filmed from Orlando airport, just 80 kilometres from the launch site, as he was returning from a family vacation at Disney World. His late wife and 3-year-old daughter Kim, who now works at New Scientist, are visible in the beginning of the clip. "After shooting the video, I had a sense that something went wrong but it wasn't until we were on the plane that the pilot confirmed the tragedy," he says.

MORE & VIDEO: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/02/rare-amateur-video-of-challenger-disaster-discovered.html

ALSO - Challenger Disaster Viewed at Pittsburgh's Buhl Planetarium:
http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/2006ChallengerBuhl.htm

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