LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Challenger space shuttle disaster

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

28 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

LBC 8pm news read by Allan King, on the Challenger space shuttle exploding after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, killing all those on board. Speakers include Larry Speakes, President Ronald Reagan’s spokesman, on the President’s reaction; the Reverend James Ford leading Congress in silent prayer. Andrew Manderstam reports from Washington on the latest situation; aviation correspondent Paul Maurice on the effects of the disaster on the shuttle programme and Britain’s first astronaut.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Paul Maurice; Larry Speakes; James Ford; Allan King

Keywords

Accidents; USA; Deaths; Space exploration; Ronald Reagan; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Challenger; Cape Canaveral; Prayer

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