Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents

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The Boisjoly collection covers Roger Boisjoly's involvement in the NASA Challenger accident. Besides copies of his congressional testimony, there are copies of testimony from other participants as well as the complete report made by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology. Along with this material is Boisjoly's personal and business correspondence concerning the Challenger accident and various related ephemera.

Abstract

This collection consists of a number of videotapes, objects, and some text material collected by Professor Mark Maier that deal with the NASA Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

Scope and Contents This series contains printed copies of reports of the 1986 Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, also called the Rogers Commission Report after chairman William P. Rogers (1913-2001), and videorecordings of related congressional hearings.Carton 1 contains: 12 3/4" video cassettes, Presidential Commission Hearings for 2/25/1986, 2/26/1986, and 2/11/1986 8 VHS video cassettes, Presidential Commission Hearings 2/25/1986 and...

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This series contains the business papers of mechanical engineer Roger Boisjoly during his employment with Morton Thiokol, Inc. and later during his career as a lecturer on business and engineering ethics.

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This series contains audio cassette tapes; VHS tapes; 1.44 MB floppy disks; and CDs and DVDs of Roger Boisjoly's lectures, interviews, and presentations on the Challenger Disaster.

Scope and Contents This series contains: Carton 3) Research footage and raw footage for "A Major Malfunction": 12 3/4" (u-matic) video cassettes 3 BETACAM video cassettes Carton 4) Videorecording cassettes featuring Roger Boisjoly in interviews and lectures, 1986-2002: 2 3/4" (u-matic) video cassettes 22 VHS tapes Carton 5) Videorecording cassettes by various production companies about the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster: 1 3/4"...

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This series contains:

• a transcript of a 1989 interview with Roger Boisjoly
• an undated photo of Boisjoly from the circa 1980s
• two photocopies of articles written by Boisjoly that were published in 1987 and 1989

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This series contains:

• a 3/4" video cassette of Richard Cook's 1986 Commission testimony
• one photograph of Richard Cook taken in 1990
• two transcripts of 1991 interviews with Richard Cook
• one copy of The Washington Monthly from November 1986 featuring an article by Richard Cook
• two photocopies of articles by Richard Cook that were published in 1986
• Richard Cook's typed notes

Scope and Contents

This series contains:

• an O-Ring sample
• three bound texts by Mark Maier entitled, "A Major Malfunction...": The Story Behind the Space Shuttle Challenger
• one photocopy of a 1987 article entitled, "The Engineer's Responsibility for Safety: Intergrating Ethics Teaching Into Courses in Engineering Design" by Caroline Whitbeck

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This series contains a Florida license plate and 9 posters, all featuring images of the Challenger Space Shuttle.

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This subseries contains correspondence dealing with the aftermath of the Challenger disaster.

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This subseries contains internal memorandum that Roger Boisjoly wrote while an engineer with Morton Thiokol, Inc.

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This subseries contains a large number of articles and lectures written and given by Boisjoly dealing with the Challenger accident and its aftermath as well as interviews given by Boisjoly to journalists and students. There is some overlap between this subseries and the class materials subseries.