LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Countdown to lift-off for ill-fated Challenger space shuttle

Genre

Special

TX Date

28 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

NASA countdown to the lift-off of the Challenger space shuttle on 28/01/86. The spacecraft was to break apart 73 seconds into its flight over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; Deaths; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Challenger; Christa McAuliffe; Michael J. Smith; Dick Scobee; Ronald McNair; Ellison Onizuka; Gregory Jarvis; Judith Resnik

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