Ronald Reagan Challenger disaster address (contribution)

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The Ronald Reagan Challenger disaster address is the televised 1986 speech in which President Reagan consoled the nation after the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, remembered for its eloquence and emotional resonance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public address
televised speech
about American astronauts
NASA
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
grief
heroism
national mourning
space exploration
broadcastOn major U.S. television networks
national television
country United States
date 1986-01-28
deliveredBy 40th president of the United States
Ronald Reagan
famousFor eloquence
emotional resonance
line "slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God"
genre consolation speech
eulogy
hasAudience American public
NASA community
families of the Challenger crew
historicalPeriod Cold War
impact became a classic example of crisis communication
shaped public memory of the Challenger disaster
language English
location White House
medium television
mentions Christa McAuliffe
NASA astronauts
Space Shuttle Challenger
occasion Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
partOf Ronald Reagan presidency
purpose affirm commitment to space exploration
console the nation
express national grief
honor the Challenger crew
quotes "High Flight"
quotesAuthor John Gillespie Magee Jr.
studiedIn communication studies
presidential history
rhetoric courses
timeAfterDisaster same day as the Challenger explosion
tone consoling
reassuring
somber
year 1986

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