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Lord Hunt on Yeti (1979)

Genre

Interview

Former mountaineer Lord John Hunt on seeing a creature possibly resembling the Yeti (or Abominable Snowman) in the Himalayas. Male reporter not identified.

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Space telescope launch (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with astronomer Ian Ridpath about the ultraviolet space telescope being launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Male reporter not identified.

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Sputnik 1 launch - Archive newsreel (1982)

Genre

News report; Special

Archive newsreel broadcast (04/10/57) on the launch of the Soviet Sputnik 1 – the world’s first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. Male reporter not identified. Sound in mono.

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Soviet space mission returns to Earth (1977)

Genre

News report

Chris Catlin(?) reports on the return to Earth of Russian spaceship Soyuz 24 that linked up with the space station Salyut 5 in a successful mission.

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Ian Ridpath on European space mission (1978)

Genre

Interview

Astronomer and author Ian Ridpath on the launch of Eastern Europeans into space. He talks in detail about the Russians’ attempt to break the record for time spent in space. Male interviewer not identified.

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Mission Control announcement on Challenger disaster (1986)

Genre

Special; Speech

Mission Control at Cape Canaveral announces the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Members of the crowd are heard weeping in the background.

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Watchman (1986)

In 1984 D.G. Finley published ‘Watchman’, the first in a quartet of novels about a strange and beautiful house called ‘Lavenham’ in the Sussex village of Apuldram. In July the final book in the sequence...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Russian space mission (1977)

Genre

News report; Special

Chris Catlin(?) reports on the docking of a Soviet shuttle with the Soviet space station. One of the docking ports is faulty, and cosmonauts will try to identify the problem. Includes Russian commentary.

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Ian Ridpath on the Soyuz space mission (1978)

Genre

Interview

Astronomer Ian Ridpath on the record-breaking 96 days in space of Soyuz, as part of the Soviet space mission. Male interviewer not identified.

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Helen Sharman back on earth (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, after returning to earth. Interviewer not heard.

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