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Today he serves as a resource for authors, museums, astronauts, and others. He lives in Illinois. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Bisney\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author, journalist, and retired network news correspondent who covered the space program for more than 30 years for CNN, the Discovery Science Channel, RKO, and SiriusXM Radio. He witnessed more than 60 space shuttle launches and was one of the few broadcasters at the 1986 \u003cem\u003eChallenger\u003c\/em\u003e disaster. 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