LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Challenger space shuttle disaster - Live commentary

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

28 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:06:21

Description

Countdown commentary and final transmission of the Challenger space shuttle crew (poss. Dick Scobee) as the craft takes off, followed by NASA Shuttle Control’s report of an explosion. Flight controller heard is possibly Richard Covey; public affairs officer Steve Nesbitt reports the explosion.

Contributors

Stephen A. Nesbitt; Richard Covey?; Dick Scobee?

Keywords

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

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