US reaction to Challenger space shuttle disaster
- Title
- US reaction to Challenger space shuttle disaster
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech
- TX Date
- 29 Jan 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:05:48
- Description
- 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 former astronaut, and Senator Jake Garn; Vice-President George H.W. Bush speaking to schoolchildren; civilian astronaut and teacher Christa McAuliffe speaking before her mission, and the reaction of her pupils to her death.
- Contributors
- Andrew Manderstam; Ronald Reagan; John Glenn; Jake Garn; Christa McAuliffe; George H. W. Bush
- Keywords
- Accidents; USA; Deaths; Space exploration; Safety; Ronald Reagan; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Challenger; Cape Canaveral; Christa McAuliffe; Nancy Reagan
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