LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Actuality of space shuttle Columbia

Genre

Special

TX Date

12 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:46:31

Description

Recording of NASA mission control’s radio communication with the Columbia space shuttle as it takes off for its maiden flight into space from Houston. Speaking are crew members Commander John W. Young; pilot Robert Crippen; Captain Dan Brandenstein; Flight Director Neil Hutchinson; other NASA ground crew (not identified). Long sections of recording with only static heard.

Contributors

Daniel Brandenstein; John W. Young; Robert Crippen; Neil Hutchinson

Keywords

USA; Space exploration; Space sciences; Space; NASA; Spacecraft; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Earth (planet); Houston; Astrophysics

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