Spectators react to Challenger space shuttle explosion

Title

Spectators react to Challenger space shuttle explosion

Genre

Special

TX Date

28 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:21

Description

Actuality of crowd reaction to the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86). The spacecraft broke apart 73 seconds into its flight over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, resulting in the deaths of its seven crew members.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; Deaths; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Challenger; Christa McAuliffe; Michael J. Smith; Dick Scobee; Ronald McNair; Ellison Onizuka; Gregory Jarvis; Judith Resnik

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