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Among the hundreds of journalists present at last week's ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger were two veteran TIME space watchers: Correspondent Jerry Hannifin and Photographer Ralph Morse. Between them they have logged nearly six decades covering the U.S. space program. As Morse peered through his telephoto lens at the swiftly rising Challenger, he remarked that the lift-off appeared sluggish. "Don't kid yourself," said Morse. "They're in trouble up there...
...Hannifin headed for the phone to alert TIME's editors to the worst space disaster in U.S. history, the subject of this week's cover stories. Boston Bureau Chief Robert Ajemian promptly left for Concord, N.H., the home of Teacher Christa McAuliffe. Houston Bureau Chief David Jackson monitored developments at the Johnson Space Center. Washington Correspondent Jay Branegan pored over the tragedy with NASA experts in the nation's capital. In New York City, Senior Writer Ed Magnuson, who wrote the main story, and a 31- member editorial team awaited their telexed reports...
Reported by Jerry Hannifin /Washington and Nancy Tracer/Moscow...
...Charles Percy: "This is a unique opportunity to halt a major arms race before it gets off the ground." As progress on other U.S.-Soviet arms-control fronts slows and sputters, that opportunity seems urgent indeed and the consequences of missing it profound. -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Jerry Hannifin and Christopher Redman/ Washington, with other bureaus
...Reagan and his Cabinet, with no immediate results. Nothing, however, dampened NASA's cheer. At week's end it was so pleased with Spacelab that it decided to extend the shuttle's record-breaking nine-day mission by 24 hours. -By Frederic Golden. Reported by Jerry Hannifin and Geoffrey Leavenworth/Houston