Astronaut on take-off

Title

Astronaut on take-off

Genre

Interview

TX Date

29 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:01:11

Description

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 shuttle disaster (28/01/86). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

James van Hoften

Keywords

USA; Space exploration; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles

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