"[The flight director] looked at me and shook his head, and I knew they were gone." Gerald Griffin talked to American History TV about what it was like in Mission Control on the day Challenger was lost. This Saturday at 4:30 PM ET on C-SPAN 2, former NASA flight director Gerald Griffin discusses his career in the American space program. He talks about directing Apollo missions along with overseeing the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. | American History TV

23K views · 320 reactions | 50 years after the historic moon landing, audio from mission control documents the drama as it unfolds, revealing new dangers & predicament. Moon Landing: The Lost Tapes premieres tomorrow night at 10/9c on HISTORY. | HISTORY | Facebook

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Today marks 33 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members on board. “It happened just over one minute into flight,” NBC’s Dan Molina reported that day on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. “From mission control: silence.” | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas