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28 results found for '"Space research"' in Keywords.
Columbia space shuttle - Successful launch (1981)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Actuality of the launch of the NASA Columbia space shuttle (from Mission Control at Houston, Texas?). Speakers include: Dan Brandenstein, NASA; Neil Hutchinson, NASA; John W. Young and/or Bob Crippen,...
Columbia space shuttle launch successful (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Report on the successful launch of the Columbia space shuttle. Includes actuality of the countdown to the launch. Further comment from Gerald Wheeler of Rockwell International, the manufacturer of the...
Columbia space shuttle - Reaction to launch (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on the successful launch of the space shuttle Columbia from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Speakers include: shuttle team member Jeffrey Hoffman; NASA Public Affairs Spokesman, Charles...
Columbia space shuttle - Re-entry logistics (1981)
- Genre
- Discussion; Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on the logistics involved in the re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere of the space shuttle Columbia, following its successful launch. Speakers include: NASA spokesman Brad Marman; US...
Columbia space shuttle - Successful landing (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the re-entry of Earth’s atmosphere and landing of the space shuttle Columbia after its first successful mission. Speakers include: astronauts John W. Young and Bob Crippen;...
British contribution to NASA shuttles (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Ron Staines(?) of British Aerospace about the British contribution to the US space shuttle project. Male interviewer not identified.
Tour of space centre (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on a space centre in North Alabama, a working centre and tourist attraction with simulators and mock-ups. Also on spin-off technology originally developed for the space programme. Includes tour...
Jean-Loup Chretien is first Frenchman in space (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Report on France’s first man (and only the second European) in space, Jean-Loup Chretien. Today’s launch will be covered by Western media for the first time. Male reporter not identified.
Sally Ride is first woman to orbit Earth (1983)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Press conference
Report on Sally Ride, the first American woman to orbit the Earth in a shuttle. Ride comments in a press conference. Also includes excerpts from a song recorded to honour her achievement (sound slightly...
Return of Challenger space shuttle (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on the return of the Challenger, a US shuttle carrying the first American woman to orbit the Earth, Sally Ride. Speakers include US President, Ronald Reagan; Commander Robert Crippen; Flight Engineer...