Challenger space shuttle disaster

Title

Challenger space shuttle disaster

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:54

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports from Washington on a news conference featuring Jesse Moore of NASA, about the Challenger space shuttle disaster (28/01/86). Includes excerpt of the news conference in which Moore denies there was pressure to launch.The spacecraft broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the deaths of its seven crew members.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Jesse Moore

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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