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Challenger - Go for Launch

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

On 28 January 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds into its mission, killing outright the seven-strong crew. This documentary recalls the worst disaster in US space-flight history and includes interviews with Nasa's senior manager at the time, Jud Lovingood , engineer Roger Boisjoly , and Grace Corrigan , mother of schoolteacher-turned-astronaut Christa McAuliffe.
Director Philip Day; Producer Mark Hayhurst

Contributors

Unknown:
Jud Lovingood
Unknown:
Roger Boisjoly
Unknown:
Grace Corrigan
Unknown:
Christa McAuliffe.
Producer:
Mark Hayhurst
Source: Radio Times

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