President Reagan Speech To The Nation On “Challenger” Shuttle Tragedy
28Jan86 Ronald Reagan at desk makes statement re space shuttle “Challenger” disaster. “Nancy and I are pained to the core...a national loss...” mentions 1960s Apollo 1 fire; reads out names of seven astronauts killed; addresses school children who were watching live coverage of rocket take off and explosion. “Nothing ends here...”; mentions death of Sir Francis Drake on this day 390 years previously.
Space Race.
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President Reagan Speech To The Nation On “Challenger” Shuttle Tragedy 28Jan86 Ronald Reagan at desk makes statement re space shuttle “Challenger” disaster. “Nancy and I are pained to the core...a national loss...” mentions 1960s Apollo 1 fire; reads out names of seven astronauts killed; addresses school children who were watching live coverage of rocket take off and explosion. “Nothing ends here...”; mentions death of Sir Francis Drake on this day 390 years previously. Space Race.