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BBC World Service report of Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: January 28, 1986
STS-51-L crew: (front row) Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair; (back row) Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who submits these notes with his timely off-air recording of the BBC World Service from January 28, 1986:
Thirty years ago today the US Space program came crashing down with the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.I was a student at Purdue University at the time, living in a dormitory.I decided to make some recordings knowing this would be a historic event.This is a recording I made of the BBC on the evening of Jan 28 (0200 UTC on January 29). The frequency was most likely 5975 kHz or 9590 kHz. The dorm environment didn't make a great place for SWL reception and the recording is noisy but still of decent quality.Recorded using a Sony ICF-2001 with a wire attached to a window screen for an antenna.Click here to download as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:
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STS-51-L crew: (front row) Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair; (back row) Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who submits these notes with his timely off-air recording of the BBC World Service from January 28, 1986:
Thirty years ago today the US Space program came crashing down with the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.I was a student at Purdue University at the time, living in a dormitory.I decided to make some recordings knowing this would be a historic event.This is a recording I made of the BBC on the evening of Jan 28 (0200 UTC on January 29). The frequency was most likely 5975 kHz or 9590 kHz. The dorm environment didn't make a great place for SWL reception and the recording is noisy but still of decent quality.Recorded using a Sony ICF-2001 with a wire attached to a window screen for an antenna.Click here to download as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:
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