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Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ (1994 Video)

Director

Stuart Carter

Producer

Stuart Carter; Heather Couper

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1994 sale: £25.85 (inclusive) (Academy) 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) (retail)

In-depth view of a space shuttle mission. Reveals how the shuttle Discovery is launched, how it is manoeuvred in orbit, the sophisticated systems that keep the onboard astronauts alive, how and where they...

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Salisbury Plain (1990 Radio)

Series

And Now in Colour

Producer

Lissa Evans

Episode 5 (Series 1) of the comedy sketch show contains a two-minute skit on "The Mind of a Shakespearean Actor". It reproduces the interior monologue of an actor who is performing Macbeth at the theatre.

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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.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Broadcasting Live ... From Space

Date

29 Oct 2015, 08:21

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

In March 2014 Channel 4 promised to let viewers share live the experience of being an astronaut on the International Space Station. Dr Michael Allen, Birkbeck, University of London, considers the perils and...

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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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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),...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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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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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