Space shuttle tests

Title

Space shuttle tests

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

31 Aug 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Report on the shuttle tests in the USA to determine why the Challenger space shuttle exploded on take off; reaction from Ed Garrison from shuttle construction company Morton Thiokol; Roger Boisjoly, former employee. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ed Garrison; Roger Boisjoly

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Explosions; NASA; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Testing; Space research; Morton Thiokol

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