Ronald Reagan on Challenger space shuttle disaster
- Title
- Ronald Reagan on Challenger space shuttle disaster
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 29 Jan 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:04:09
- Description
- US President Ronald Reagan makes a televised address on the Challenger space shuttle disaster. He mourns the loss of the astronauts on board and praises their courage. He says the space programme will continue.
- Contributors
- Ronald Reagan
- Keywords
- Accidents; USA; Deaths; Space exploration; Space; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Challenger; Cape Canaveral
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