Ascent - 4K video of stunning Space Shuttle Launches. Full video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIqhhgnwmNo | Amazing SPACE

This video shows the Space Shuttle launch from main engine ignition through solid rocket booster separation, using up to five synchronized camera angles during maximum thrust. With real crew communications and subtitles, it captures the most intense two minutes of ascent, when the shuttle fought Earth’s gravity at full power. Follow @spaceeves #SpaceShuttle #Launch #NASA #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve

35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger broke apart at 11:39 a.m., falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators would later discover the disaster was caused by the failure of an “O ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. As a result of the horrific accident, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of space shuttle features for improv