Challenger astronauts’ memorial service
- Title
- Challenger astronauts’ memorial service
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 31 Jan 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:10:48
- Description
- US President Ronald Reagan gives a eulogy at a memorial service (held in the grounds of the Johnson Space Center in Houston) for the seven astronauts killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86). Male reporter (not identified) then briefly describes the service, which continues with music. Break in recording followed by some repetition.
- Contributors
- Ronald Reagan
- Keywords
- Accidents; USA; Deaths; Space exploration; Space; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Houston; Challenger; Cape Canaveral; Christa McAuliffe; Johnson Space Center; Michael J. Smith; Dick Scobee; Ronald McNair; Ellison Onizuka; Gregory Jarvis; Judith Resnik
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