@davidsvingman5485
The Space shuttle program was not abandoned after the Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003 but continued up until July 21 2011 with the return of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
@fnordpol
Another correction, the columbia catastrophy was not the last shuttle flight. They build the whole ISS and did also flew to hubble after that, but regular heat shield inspections where made on each flight after columbia.
@nichhodge8503
I was expecting to hear a story about 3 astronauts/cosmonauts who failed to re-enter Earth either they got the re-entry angle wrong and they bounced back into orbit/space or some mechanical failure kept them in orbit and they died due to lack of oxygen. And the idea of being stuck in space where you know there’s no chance of rescue is scary! Just waiting for your water, food or worse oxygen to run out is terrifying! I’d just hope that I had a suicide pill
@F5Storm1
Even though America and Russia aren't necessarily the best of friends, we always hope the cosmonauts make it home safely to their families, it's such a tragedy this happened. Space travel is incredibly dangerous, but these men knew the dangers and went anyway for the future of space exploration
@RyanReeder
Did I misunderstand something? At the end of the video, the narrator states of the Columbia 2003 mission, "It was the last space shuttle launch and the space shuttle program was permanently retired after this." The Columbia disaster on 1 February 2003 was the 113th space shuttle mission. The last mission was the 135th, an Atlantis mission, on 8 July 2011, more than eight years later. What did I miss?
@protector1990
Columbia was certainly not the last space shuttle flight. The programme was suspended for 2-3 years, then continued until 2011. There was a total of 22 shuttle flights after Columbia disaster.
@accountingstepbystep2229
Thank you for the great video! Actually, there were 22 space shuttle missions after the tragic loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew. Although the ill-fated Columbia mission was "STA 107", it was actually the 113th space shuttle mission, and this launch was followed by 22 additional space shuttle launches. The last one being Space Shuttle Atlantis STS 135, the 135th mission on 8 July 2011. Hats off to all the astronauts and their families as space travel is truly a very dangerous endeavor.
@pisachanation414
My oldest brother was career Air Force from about 1953 through approximately 1983.He worked mainly in air traffic control One year he was sent on a remote tour (family members could not go) to Iceland. When his tour of duty was up and he came back to the US, he described how, in the early 70's they picked up distress signals from Russian Cosmonauts quite often. They were sent into space, and for unknown reasons, (mechanical failures?) Russian ground control could not bring them back to earth. Their Cosmonauts orbiting earth were pleading for help from anyone until their oxygen ran out, and they died. The US didn't have the capability nor the technology to launch anything that could rescue them. The US had just put men on the moon on July 20, 1969.
@henryhawthorn8849
Not mentioned in the video was the Apollo 1 tragedy on January of 1967 when all three astronauts were burned to death, while on the launch pad conducting a pre-launch rehearsal. The other tragedy also occurred in 1967 on the month of April when Soyuz’s 1 cosmonaut was killed in reentry when the parachute failed to open.
@strawberry7799a
The deaths of the Shuttle Astronauts were near instantaneous. They probably felt no pain. The deaths of the Cosmonauts was more horrific. They knew air was leaking and they panickly searched for the hole. Their last minutes were full of fear and horror and their deaths must have been painful. RIP to all of Earth’s children who ventured beyond the final frontier.
@MarkWick
The Challenger crew survived the explosion, living until their cabin hit the water. At least three of them were still conscious until impact. This information is from recordings and data recovered after the incident. Flight engineers told flight control that an O-ring was going to fail at "Go to throttle up" and that is exactly what happened.
@ericforeman3791
I like how the title and thumbnail imply information about being lost in space -- but literally none was present in the video. Getting tired of having misleading titles & thumbnails... just about all of these 'space/science' channels are doing it constantly.
@SamGerretsen
Oh my god it is so weird to imagine being lost in space, drifting away...
@jamesb.9155
In the U.S. the two Space Shuttle disasters resulted in the deaths of a total of 14 astronauts and crew members. The Apollo1 test launch pad fire in February 1967 took the lives of three astronauts.
@Veritaserum90
Imagine this. Both US accidents happened because someone on the ground downplayed the damage.
@Shawn47
Yet another correction; The seven people aboard Challenger were not killed instantly. The section of shuttle the crew were in was blown clear of the rest of the fireball. They were likely still alive up until the moment of surface impact.
@Bissx
imagine being lost in space. my anxiety spiked just thinking about it lol
@loqutus8
Really like your channel
@chickey333
Lost in Space. What a great title for a TV show! Forget it, that would never work. It would make as much sense as a TV show where people get stranded on an island.
@The1BlackPhoenix