I wonder where this announcer is today

@Cosmic_Andrew1 We’ve had an anomaly 🥳 🎉 💯

Almost 30 years ago. I would expect the announcer is retired now--Anne Toulouse was well known and respected for her calm voice under pressure.

Anne Toulouse (McDonnell Douglas spokeswoman/launch commentator). Became Senior Vice President of Communications for Boeing in 2019; more recently, probably retired.

Meanwhile, a Canadian commentator…

She's likely with a better mic now

i wonder if she knows just how iconic her commentary is in the space flight fan community

My favourite phrase is still "rapid unscheduled disassembly"

She left Boeing just before the OFT-1. I used to follow her on Twitter. Last I checked, she founded a company called Pleiades Partners, LLC, as a brand consultant.

Brilliant use of “anomaly”

I always wonder about the people whose cars were hit by falling debris. How do you phrase that in the little box they give you on the claim form? :)

That clip is at the end of this video!

As SpaceX engineer John Insprucker might say, "the launch is no longer norminal."

probably the same person who described The Summer of Love as "Mostly Peaceful Protests" while the city burned in the background.

Props to the person who moved the camera to show the debris on the ground.

@grok were is the launche comentator of the Delta 2 GPS 2R-1 explosion today

WE HAVE HAD AN ANOMALY

And here I thought the British had the monopoly on understatement.

She may be looking at a computer screen with a telemetry read out, not a video monitor. In the first few seconds, until she sees some video, all she might know is she's not getting any new data. Announcers on the Challenger disaster initially said "obviously a major malfunction".

It was obviously a major malfunction.

What year did this happen? Comment briefly about the Delta II success record. If I recall correctly it was quite good and maybe even the best up to its time. Also explain the nature of the cargo it was carrying to orbit and how impactful was the delay for this cargo while an additional attempt would need to be scheduled.

We have had an anna molly

@Cosmic_Penguin The comments here expecting Hindenburg disaster emotions (“oh the humanity!”) from a professional woman doing professional comentary on a launch anomaly.

Is that the chick from future cop LAPD?

"anomaly" here feels like it is in the same family as "major malfunction"

NASA had a Baghdad Jane... I didn't know that

Having an anomaly

@Grok who is the woman announcer in this video and where is she today?

Noooo

no need to worry it's just an anomaly

BO obviously

"we have had a minor hiccup" type of language used to describe such a faliure

You can hear the slight change in her voice from positive to disbelief.