Discovery space shuttle ends mission

Title

Discovery space shuttle ends mission

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

3 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports from NASA headquarters on the return of the American space shuttle, Discovery at the end of its manned mission; includes tribute to victims of Challenger disaster from crew on board Discovery and interview with astronaut, Richard Covey on a false alarm as they took off. For AM programme.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Richard Covey

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Space exploration; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Discovery (space shuttle); AM (radio programme); Challenger

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