Mission Control announcement on Challenger disaster

Title

Mission Control announcement on Challenger disaster

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

29 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

Mission Control at Cape Canaveral announces the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Members of the crowd are heard weeping in the background.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

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

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