# @60minutes on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@60minutes/video/7600547418215664927
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/54516975-60minutes-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/293006624a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-28T22:46:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 60 Minutes (@60minutes) — https://gondola.cc/60minutes

## Caption

It was a cold January morning in 1986. Too cold, worried engineer Bob Ebeling whose company built the rocket boosters for Space Shuttle Challenger. He knew the shuttle's rubber O-rings, used to seal booster joints at ignition, could become brittle in frigid weather. Tragically, he was right. Seventy-three seconds after liftoff, the shuttle broke apart, killing its seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. #NASA #challenger #spacelaunch #engineer 

## Stats

- **Views:** 64,900
- **Likes:** 3,339
- **Shares:** 211
- **Comments:** 89

## Tags

spacelaunch, challenger, nasa, engineer

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