One of Jarre 's friends , astronaut Ron McNair , had been killed Killing in the disaster .

Because of NASA 's involvement Participation , Jarre got Getting the chance to keep in contact with a friend of his , astronaut captain Bruce McCandless II who later introduced Statement Jarre to a flight companion of his , astronaut and jazz musician Ron McNair .

Together they had the idea that for the celebrations , Jarre would create Creating a piece of music that could be performed Hold by McNair on his saxophone .

The idea was that McNair , on his next trip into space in the `` Challenger '' Space Shuttle , would perform Hold ( and record Recording onto video ) the new piece of music , which would then be projected Arranging ( through video playback ) onto a giant screen that was to be constructed Building on the front of one of the buildings .

On January 28 , 1986 , McNair telephoned Communication Jarre for the last time .