Sep 30 1986
From The Space Library
NASA released transcriptions of the pre-launch intercom tape of the 51-L, Space Shuttle Challenger, for public consumption. The tape was about an hour long, beginning when the crew first entered the craft to two minutes and five seconds before lift-off. It contained nothing that was relevant to the accident and was not provided to the Presidential Commission in sup-port of the investigation. Because the intercom channel provides a private mechanism for exchanging spontaneous comments and recording information of a personal nature, NASA had not released these transcripts previously. Because of media inquiries, however, the pre-launch tape was transcribed. (NASA Release 86-135; 86-137; 51-L Transcript Folder; NY Times, Oct 1/86)
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