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Safe return of Discovery space shuttle (1988)

Genre

Special

Live commentary by unidentified male NASA team member on the safe return to earth of the space shuttle Discovery – the first shuttle flight since the Challenger disaster in which the entire crew was...

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IRN Review of 1981 - nd [1981]

IRN Review of 1981. Some reports also on AV769/653/S1 - Track 2. Yorkshire ripper Sutcliffe detained. American hostages released from Iran, arrival in USA. Setting up of SDP - Q.Roy Jenkins. Shirley Williams...

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Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

Genre

News report

Paul Maurice, aviation correspondent, on the space shuttle programme, the shuttle’s construction, and previous problems. Report follows the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle yesterday (28/01/86),...

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Terry White on history of space shuttle programme (1981)

Genre

Interview

NASA spokesman Terry White on the history of the space shuttle programme, the delays experienced, and how the shuttle works, in the build-up to the first flight of the Columbia. Interviewer is Andrew...

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Space shuttle disaster (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

2 clips, 3 parts. NASA mission control commentary during the lift-off of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded on its tenth mission, followed by US President, Ronald Reagan paying tribute to its crew.

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Space shuttle tests (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the shuttle tests in the USA to determine why the Challenger space shuttle exploded on take off; reaction from Ed Garrison from shuttle construction company Morton Thiokol; Roger Boisjoly, former...

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1980s news clips - Space shuttle Columbia launched (1989)

Genre

Speech; Special

Recording of the launch of the US space shuttle Columbia on 12/04/81. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

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James Irwin on Columbia space shuttle (1981)

Genre

Interview

Colonel James Irwin, an astronaut on the US Apollo missions, on the success of the NASA Columbia space shuttle. He speculates on the future of space travel. Female interviewer not identified.

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Discovery space shuttle launch and role of Michael Foale (1995)

Genre

News report; Special; Speech

Report by Alison Hodgkins on the launch of the space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral in Florida and the role of Michael Foale who is due to make history as the first Briton to complete a space walk;...

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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...

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