CNN (3 October 1988, 11:29AM-12:59PM EDT) - Approach and Landing of STS-26

CNN (3 October 1988, 11:29AM-12:59PM EDT) - Approach and Landing of STS-26 https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f920b318-8434-4000-89b5-a1e41569567f Part of CNN's live coverage of the approach and landing sequence of Space Shuttle Discovery flight STS-26, the first space shuttle flight after the Challenger disaster. The recording begins with the tail end of DayWatch, anchored by Bob Cain, immediately preceding live coverage of the approach and landing sequence. DayWatch coverage includes coverage of the American hostage release in Beirut (1:10, 16:40), business and Supreme Court news (2:25), an interview with astronaut Bonnie Dunbar regarding the de-orbit plans for STS-26 (4:55), homeless evictions in Philadelphia (12:00), the launch of Mary McFadden's new evening collection (12:35), the end of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul (19:45), and the Feast of St. Francis at St. Patrick's Cathedral (25:05). Live coverage of the approach and landing sequence led by Bernard Shaw includes interviews with astronaut Bonnie Dunbar (32:05, 46:45, 87:00), reporting from Greg LaMotte on the crowd that gathered to watch the landing (34:55), an update on the American hostage release in Beirut (37:20), a report from John Holliman from mission control (41:50), interviews with NASA employees at Johnson Space Center (43:40), the approach and landing sequence itself (60:30), an interview with NASA employees at Edwards AFB (76:25), an interview with maintenance engineer Juan Gamez (77:50), and a report by Tony Clark on the STS-26 mission (83:05). Commercial breaks have not been removed. The original Matroska file contains chapters for easy navigation between program blocks, commercial blocks, sponsorship advertisements, and bumpers. Digitized from the S-video output of a Panasonic AG-1980 VHS tape deck by a Framemeister XRGB-mini and captured with an AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K. Date: 1988-10-03 Mirrored from Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cnn-1988-10-03-1529-approach-and-landing-of-sts-26 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:57:46 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us CNN (3 October 1988, 11:29AM-12:59PM EDT) - Approach and Landing of STS-26 https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f920b318-8434-4000-89b5-a1e41569567f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.