Ronald Reagan on Challenger space shuttle disaster

Title

Ronald Reagan on Challenger space shuttle disaster

Genre

Speech

TX Date

28 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:00:24

Description

Speech by US President Ronald Reagan on 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, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

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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