NASA Mission Controller describes Challenger space shuttle disaster

Title

NASA Mission Controller describes Challenger space shuttle disaster

Genre

Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

Feb 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:52

Description

Steve Nesbitt, NASA Mission Controller, reports a major malfunction shortly after the launch of the Challenger space shuttle (28/01/86). Followed by interview with Nesbitt describing what flight controllers had seen on TV monitors as the explosion occurred. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Stephen A. Nesbitt

Keywords

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

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