https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/fe24670a-6955-4d0e-bdfc-a65b47bc4478 Part of CNN's live coverage of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery flight STS-26, the first space shuttle launch after the Challenger disaster. Coverage led by Bernard Shaw includes the launch itself (10:10), multiple interviews with astronaut Bonnie Dunbar (19:20, 28:25, 60:40), reporting from Jeff Levine on the crowd that gathered to watch the launch (22:40, 41:00), the reaction of President Ronald Reagan (23:45), NASA administrator James Fletcher addressing launch control (34:35), an interview with Teacher in Space finalist Kathleen Beres (36:05), a report from Tony Clark on the post-Challenger changes to the shuttle being tested in flight (46:45), an interview with astronaut wives Kathy Covey and Kitty Havens (51:55). The recording also includes the beginning of "Sonya in L.A." immediately following the live coverage, which features an interview with director of payload management and operations at the Kennedy Space Center John Conway (67:53). 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: 1988-09-29 Mirrored from Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cnn-1988-09-29-1526-launch-of-sts-26 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:36:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/fe24670a-6955-4d0e-bdfc-a65b47bc4478 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.