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Radio 4,31 Jan 1986,15 mins
Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger disaster, 1986
Letter from America by Alistair CookeAvailable for over a year
Alistair Cooke reflects on the life and death of Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian astronaut who was killed in the space shuttle Challenger disaster on 28th January 1986.
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