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Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report
7pm news bulletin read by Allan King, on the Challenger space shuttle exploding shortly after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, killing all those on board. Includes reaction from spectators; Larry Speakes, US...
Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report
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...
Donald Peterson on Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Donald Peterson, one of the crew of the first orbital shuttle mission, on the problems the shuttles have faced, and the possible causes of today’s explosion of the Challenger. (North American) male...
US reaction to Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
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- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Andrew Manderstam reports on US reaction to the Challenger space shuttle explosion, which killed all on board. Includes televised address by President Ronald Reagan; reaction from John Glenn, politician and...
Challenger space shuttle disaster - Reaction and analysis (1986)
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- Interview
Assessment of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. Space expert Dr David Whitehouse on what went so disastrously wrong; Congressman Bill Nelson on the space programme now being put on temporary hold....
Frank Borman predicts Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
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- Interview
Excerpt of an archive interview with Colonel Frank Borman, speaking on the AM radio programme in 1985. Borman predicts that one day there will be an accident involving the space shuttle. Re-transmission...
Astronaut on take-off (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Shuttle astronaut James (Ox) van Hoften on astronauts’ feelings at lift-off and the procedure followed during the critical first eight or nine minutes of a flight. Interview follows the Challenger space...
Effect of Challenger disaster on US space programme (1986)
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- Interview
Democratic US Congressman and former shuttle astronaut Bill Nelson on the effect the Challenger disaster will have on future shuttle missions.
Challenger space shuttle disaster - Aftermath (1986)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the aftermath of the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86). Speakers are John Simpson of the US Coastguard; Jesse Moore of NASA; Jay Green, Mission Director; Senator and...
Challenger space shuttle disaster - Investigations (1986)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86), which killed all on board. Includes official announcement of crew deaths by Jesse Moore, deputy director of NASA, and his...