Challenger disaster astronauts saluted

Title

Challenger disaster astronauts saluted

Genre

Speech; Tribute

TX Date

Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:30

Description

Tip O’Neill, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, pays tribute to the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86).

Contributors

Tip O’Neill

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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