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Just three seconds after Commander Francis Scobee radioed "Roger, go at throttle up" last Jan. 28, the Challenger was smashed to pieces, instantly killing the shuttle astronauts. That, at least, is what most Americans have believed for the past six months. Last week NASA revealed the chilling truth: at best, the crew of the doomed shuttle knew, if only for a few seconds, that something was terribly wrong. At worst, they remained conscious for two minutes and 45 seconds, until the crew compartment, still largely intact, smashed into the Atlantic...
...NASA said yesterday, however, that furtheranalysis showed that Smith's final comment offeredthe first potential indication of crew awarenessof the accident...
...recently as July 17, NASA said its reviewsof the voice tape indicated that the crew wasunaware of the events preceding the breakup of theorbiter...
...packs that had been turned onbelonged to Smith, Truly said. It was not knownwho the other two activated air packs belonged to,and the recovered air pack that was not turned onbelonged to Scobee, NASA said...
...packs, designed to be used for a shuttleemergency on the ground, normally hold about fiveminutes worth of air, NASA said...