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Ronald Reagan on Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

Genre

Speech

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.

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IRN Review of 1981 - nd [1981]

IRN Review of 1981. Some reports also on AV769/653/S1 - Track 2. Yorkshire ripper Sutcliffe detained. American hostages released from Iran, arrival in USA. Setting up of SDP - Q.Roy Jenkins. Shirley Williams...

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French reaction to Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

Genre

News report

Report on the French reaction to the Challenger space shuttle disaster, and the implications for European Space Agency projects. Male reporter not identified.

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Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

Genre

News report

Paul Maurice, aviation correspondent, on the space shuttle programme, the shuttle’s construction, and previous problems. Report follows the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle yesterday (28/01/86),...

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Challenger space shuttle disaster - Reaction and analysis (1986)

Genre

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....

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Frank Borman predicts Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

Genre

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...

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NASA on cause of Challenger space shuttle explosion (1986)

Genre

Press conference

NASA spokesman Jesse Moore says the agency will not speculate on the causes of the Challenger space shuttle explosion until all the necessary data has been collated.

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Effect of Challenger disaster on US space programme (1986)

Genre

Interview

Democratic US Congressman and former shuttle astronaut Bill Nelson on the effect the Challenger disaster will have on future shuttle missions.

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Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified North American male speaker on the (im)possibility of unmanned space flights. Interview in the context of the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86). Interviewer not heard.

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Challenger space shuttle disaster - Live commentary (1986)

Genre

Special; Speech

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...

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